Oytograk climate — normals and trends
Oytograk (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 81 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Oytograk averages 120 frost days, 52 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 15 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Oytograk between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 14 July 1952) and the coldest -24.2 °C (on 5 January 1967).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
OytograkXinjiang
- coords
- 36.83°, 81.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.7°C
Average daily high
17.3°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
81mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
33%
Average peak wind
16.8km/h
Seasonal range
30.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
120 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
52 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
15 d/yr
Annual snowfall
11.6 cm
Average feels-like high
13.7 °C
Average feels-like low
1.9 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
29 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.2 °C
14 July 1952
Coldest day
-24.2 °C
5 January 1967
Wettest day
36 mm
16 June 2013
Windiest day
56.5 km/h
6 April 1946
Strongest gust
86.4 km/h
6 April 1946
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
7 July 1953
Coldest feels-like
-29.3 °C
5 January 1967
Snowiest day
12.2 cm
19 March 1993
Sunniest day
14.3 h
13 June 2000
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 5.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 22.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 27.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 4 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 30.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 31.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 36 mm | +26 mm |
| Sep | 27.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 19.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 11.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Oytograk?
Oytograk has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 81 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Oytograk?
The hottest day measured in Oytograk between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1952, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Oytograk?
The coldest day measured in Oytograk between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1967, at -24.2 °C.
Does it snow in Oytograk?
Yes. Oytograk gets on average 11.6 cm of snow per year and has around 120 frost days.
Has the climate of Oytograk warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Oytograk.
What is the wettest day in Oytograk?
The wettest day measured in Oytograk between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 2013, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Oytograk?
The windiest day measured in Oytograk between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 1946, with winds reaching 56.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Oytograk?
The warmest month in Oytograk is July (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Oytograk?
Oytograk receives on average 81 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 15 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Oytograk?
Oytograk gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Oytograk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Oytograk between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1993, with 12.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Oytograk?
Yes: Oytograk has on average 29 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Oytograk?
In Oytograk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 7 July 1953, and the lowest was -29.3 °C on 5 January 1967.
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