Qabqa climate — normals and trends
Qabqa (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 430 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 (15.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Qabqa averages 187 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Qabqa has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 197 to 177 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.4 °C (on 24 July 2000) and the coldest -27.3 °C (on 22 January 2019).
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
QabqaQinghai
- coords
- 36.28°, 100.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.3°C
Average daily high
10.4°C
Average daily low
-1.1°C
Annual rainfall
430mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
51%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
187 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
31.2 cm
Average feels-like high
7.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · p = < 0.001
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
31.4 °C
24 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
22 January 2019
Wettest day
42 mm
4 September 2024
Windiest day
47.2 km/h
5 April 1966
Strongest gust
95.4 km/h
9 April 2010
Hottest feels-like
30.7 °C
25 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
22 January 2019
Snowiest day
8.6 cm
27 October 2020
Sunniest day
14.1 h
3 July 1973
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 2 mm | +0 mm |
| Feb | 2.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 5.9 °C | -1.5 °C | 6 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 13.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 13 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 31 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 17.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 74 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 101 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 122 mm | +31 mm |
| Sep | 19.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 38 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 70 mm | +45 mm |
| Nov | 4.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qabqa?
Qabqa has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 430 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qabqa?
The hottest day measured in Qabqa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2000, reaching 31.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qabqa?
The coldest day measured in Qabqa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2019, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Qabqa?
Yes. Qabqa gets on average 31.2 cm of snow per year and has around 187 frost days.
Has the climate of Qabqa warmed?
Yes: Qabqa warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qabqa?
The wettest day measured in Qabqa between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 2024, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qabqa?
The windiest day measured in Qabqa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1966, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qabqa?
The warmest month in Qabqa is July (15.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Qabqa?
Qabqa receives on average 430 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qabqa?
Qabqa gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qabqa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qabqa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2020, with 8.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qabqa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Qabqa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qabqa?
In Qabqa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.7 °C on 25 July 2000, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 22 January 2019.
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