Qarek climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Qarek?

Qarek has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 69 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qarek?

The hottest day measured in Qarek between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1956, reaching 42.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Qarek?

The coldest day measured in Qarek between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1974, at -19.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Qarek?

Yes. Qarek gets on average 5.9 cm of snow per year and has around 113 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Qarek warmed?

Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Qarek.

Q: What is the wettest day in Qarek?

The wettest day measured in Qarek between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1982, with 35 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Qarek?

The windiest day measured in Qarek between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1965, with winds reaching 51.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Qarek?

The warmest month in Qarek is July (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Qarek?

Qarek receives on average 69 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 14 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Qarek?

Qarek gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Qarek (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 69 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 (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Qarek averages 113 frost days, 75 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 14 rainy days per year.

No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Qarek between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 24 July 1956) and the coldest -19.2 °C (on 19 December 1974).

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

QarekXinjiang

coords: 38.37°, 76.99°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWkCold desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

12.8°C

Average daily high

18.6°C

Average daily low

7.3°C

Annual rainfall

69mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

42%

Average peak wind

12.7km/h

Seasonal range

31.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

113 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

75 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

14 d/yr

Annual snowfall

5.9 cm

Average feels-like high

15.9 °C

Average feels-like low

4.1 °C

Average peak gust

26.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

45 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.0 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.

19402025

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

42.3 °C

24 July 1956

Coldest day

-19.2 °C

19 December 1974

Wettest day

35 mm

26 August 1982

Windiest day

51.6 km/h

23 August 1965

Strongest gust

90.4 km/h

31 May 1951

Hottest feels-like

40.6 °C

12 July 1944

Coldest feels-like

-24.5 °C

13 February 1978

Snowiest day

7.2 cm

21 February 1967

Sunniest day

14.0 h

22 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.8 °C6 July 2025	-10.3 °C14 January 2025	14.6 °C	39 mm	115	112
2024	39.2 °C28 July 2024	-11.9 °C29 December 2024	14.2 °C	46 mm	92	100
2023	38.7 °C18 July 2023	-18.6 °C16 January 2023	14.4 °C	41 mm	96	90
2022	39.9 °C24 July 2022	-11.7 °C26 December 2022	14.1 °C	48 mm	78	101
2021	37.1 °C26 July 2021	-14.1 °C12 January 2021	13.2 °C	73 mm	75	102
2020	36.5 °C25 August 2020	-9.1 °C9 January 2020	13.4 °C	47 mm	69	102
2019	37.4 °C25 July 2019	-11.2 °C8 January 2019	13.6 °C	55 mm	71	105
2018	38.4 °C24 July 2018	-12.5 °C31 January 2018	13.2 °C	132 mm	66	108
2017	37.3 °C10 July 2017	-16.3 °C18 January 2017	13.1 °C	123 mm	66	102
2016	36.7 °C30 June 2016	-10.8 °C24 January 2016	13.8 °C	141 mm	70	96
2015	38.6 °C25 July 2015	-9.6 °C16 December 2015	13.8 °C	78 mm	65	92
2014	36.6 °C24 July 2014	-11.7 °C12 January 2014	12.9 °C	48 mm	56	115
2013	38.0 °C31 July 2013	-13.1 °C3 January 2013	13.4 °C	91 mm	73	109
2012	35.9 °C3 July 2012	-16.7 °C23 January 2012	12.1 °C	75 mm	61	122
2011	37.9 °C6 August 2011	-15.1 °C9 January 2011	12.8 °C	60 mm	87	112
2010	37.7 °C17 July 2010	-10.3 °C16 December 2010	12.9 °C	174 mm	61	95
2009	36.8 °C26 July 2009	-10.1 °C9 January 2009	13.5 °C	38 mm	63	112
2008	37.6 °C3 August 2008	-19.2 °C28 January 2008	12.9 °C	48 mm	93	101
2007	37.7 °C24 June 2007	-11.8 °C22 January 2007	13.9 °C	33 mm	96	103
2006	36.7 °C24 July 2006	-15.4 °C6 January 2006	13.0 °C	43 mm	62	98
2005	37.7 °C24 June 2005	-10.5 °C20 February 2005	12.5 °C	93 mm	51	108
2004	34.6 °C13 July 2004	-10.4 °C5 January 2004	13.0 °C	83 mm	54	90
2003	36.0 °C17 August 2003	-11.8 °C1 January 2003	12.5 °C	92 mm	54	109
2002	34.8 °C25 August 2002	-17.0 °C27 January 2002	12.4 °C	184 mm	60	97
2001	37.5 °C30 June 2001	-11.4 °C8 January 2001	12.9 °C	86 mm	55	103
2000	36.5 °C12 July 2000	-9.6 °C28 January 2000	13.0 °C	60 mm	83	122
1999	35.9 °C8 August 1999	-12.3 °C10 January 1999	13.0 °C	44 mm	77	105
1998	37.8 °C10 July 1998	-12.4 °C21 January 1998	12.8 °C	96 mm	64	112
1997	38.5 °C19 July 1997	-10.2 °C22 January 1997	13.1 °C	38 mm	83	112
1996	36.1 °C12 August 1996	-13.7 °C18 January 1996	11.2 °C	228 mm	47	118
1995	37.2 °C18 July 1995	-13.9 °C12 January 1995	11.6 °C	82 mm	75	126
1994	36.9 °C2 July 1994	-13.7 °C21 January 1994	12.5 °C	33 mm	79	111
1993	35.9 °C6 July 1993	-13.7 °C22 January 1993	11.9 °C	75 mm	47	113
1992	33.7 °C13 July 1992	-12.7 °C2 January 1992	11.7 °C	111 mm	39	117
1991	33.6 °C5 June 1991	-13.0 °C6 January 1991	11.7 °C	60 mm	59	121
1990	36.2 °C2 August 1990	-8.3 °C31 December 1990	12.8 °C	54 mm	84	118
1989	34.2 °C11 July 1989	-11.3 °C9 February 1989	11.6 °C	140 mm	31	122
1988	37.3 °C21 June 1988	-9.2 °C14 January 1988	12.4 °C	61 mm	64	116
1987	34.0 °C22 August 1987	-14.7 °C24 January 1987	12.3 °C	91 mm	53	103
1986	35.9 °C4 July 1986	-11.3 °C31 January 1986	12.1 °C	37 mm	49	115
1985	35.9 °C30 July 1985	-15.5 °C10 January 1985	12.4 °C	31 mm	65	118
1984	37.2 °C7 August 1984	-17.8 °C23 December 1984	11.7 °C	59 mm	75	120
1983	38.2 °C1 August 1983	-11.2 °C12 January 1983	12.2 °C	39 mm	59	119
1982	36.5 °C2 August 1982	-10.1 °C19 January 1982	12.0 °C	217 mm	49	117
1981	36.0 °C15 July 1981	-12.5 °C1 February 1981	11.8 °C	100 mm	40	123
1980	35.8 °C11 July 1980	-17.1 °C5 February 1980	12.4 °C	53 mm	63	104
1979	37.0 °C19 July 1979	-11.5 °C1 February 1979	12.8 °C	63 mm	66	123
1978	36.7 °C5 July 1978	-19.1 °C13 February 1978	11.8 °C	57 mm	57	111
1977	38.2 °C23 June 1977	-15.4 °C30 January 1977	12.3 °C	77 mm	67	106
1976	38.2 °C22 July 1976	-14.8 °C28 December 1976	11.6 °C	67 mm	53	121
1975	37.3 °C14 July 1975	-17.9 °C3 January 1975	11.4 °C	86 mm	61	116
1974	35.0 °C18 July 1974	-19.2 °C19 December 1974	10.7 °C	144 mm	42	117
1973	37.6 °C3 August 1973	-14.0 °C1 January 1973	12.4 °C	73 mm	69	120
1972	35.2 °C6 August 1972	-13.9 °C27 February 1972	11.4 °C	134 mm	36	117
1971	37.5 °C28 July 1971	-12.4 °C29 January 1971	12.2 °C	146 mm	47	121
1970	36.7 °C27 June 1970	-12.8 °C14 January 1970	12.3 °C	38 mm	69	118
1969	35.5 °C19 July 1969	-14.8 °C4 January 1969	12.1 °C	75 mm	72	104
1968	39.1 °C7 July 1968	-11.9 °C24 January 1968	12.3 °C	134 mm	69	122
1967	37.6 °C21 July 1967	-18.4 °C4 January 1967	11.9 °C	93 mm	83	120
1966	40.5 °C18 June 1966	-9.9 °C28 December 1966	14.6 °C	54 mm	99	111
1965	40.1 °C24 July 1965	-15.3 °C9 February 1965	14.3 °C	35 mm	111	108
1964	35.4 °C15 August 1964	-15.6 °C27 January 1964	11.5 °C	140 mm	53	121
1963	36.3 °C27 June 1963	-15.3 °C11 January 1963	12.7 °C	74 mm	72	109
1962	35.2 °C8 August 1962	-14.1 °C26 January 1962	11.7 °C	59 mm	58	120
1961	36.4 °C27 July 1961	-14.0 °C5 January 1961	12.0 °C	29 mm	74	123
1960	36.8 °C10 July 1960	-14.1 °C23 January 1960	11.8 °C	29 mm	58	123
1959	36.2 °C2 July 1959	-17.8 °C11 January 1959	11.9 °C	31 mm	60	123
1958	39.3 °C12 July 1958	-14.0 °C30 January 1958	12.5 °C	23 mm	60	119
1957	35.8 °C10 June 1957	-18.4 °C11 February 1957	11.4 °C	36 mm	56	123
1956	42.3 °C24 July 1956	-13.3 °C10 January 1956	14.0 °C	15 mm	123	121
1955	39.5 °C16 August 1955	-15.5 °C5 January 1955	13.9 °C	41 mm	97	110
1954	38.2 °C31 July 1954	-15.4 °C23 January 1954	13.4 °C	50 mm	115	123
1953	42.1 °C7 July 1953	-11.7 °C31 January 1953	14.5 °C	21 mm	130	118
1952	42.2 °C14 July 1952	-13.1 °C6 January 1952	14.0 °C	62 mm	115	118
1951	38.8 °C7 August 1951	-15.1 °C10 January 1951	13.7 °C	79 mm	104	116
1950	40.2 °C30 July 1950	-13.3 °C16 December 1950	13.8 °C	15 mm	125	123
1949	39.4 °C2 August 1949	-12.8 °C12 January 1949	13.8 °C	60 mm	99	124
1948	40.6 °C30 July 1948	-10.2 °C25 January 1948	14.4 °C	14 mm	107	121
1947	39.6 °C4 August 1947	-12.4 °C19 December 1947	15.1 °C	8 mm	128	105
1946	40.7 °C1 August 1946	-11.5 °C27 December 1946	14.6 °C	20 mm	112	120
1945	40.5 °C18 July 1945	-16.0 °C14 January 1945	13.8 °C	13 mm	110	125
1944	42.1 °C12 July 1944	-15.8 °C18 December 1944	14.3 °C	29 mm	108	116
1943	40.2 °C11 July 1943	-10.9 °C21 January 1943	14.2 °C	16 mm	105	123
1942	41.9 °C7 July 1942	-10.5 °C7 January 1942	14.9 °C	18 mm	113	104
1941	41.0 °C2 August 1941	-9.6 °C18 January 1941	15.0 °C	19 mm	108	109
1940	40.3 °C27 June 1940	-13.8 °C29 January 1940	13.1 °C	72 mm	84	124

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.5 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

115 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

112 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

39 mm

-31 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	2.5 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	6.6 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Mar	15.6 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
Apr	24.5 °C	+1.9 °C	13 mm	+8 mm
May	30.3 °C	+3.4 °C	4 mm	-7 mm
Jun	33.5 °C	+3.0 °C	1 mm	-7 mm
Jul	34.2 °C	+1.8 °C	4 mm	-5 mm
Aug	32.4 °C	+1.5 °C	7 mm	-5 mm
Sep	28.6 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-9 mm
Oct	21.7 °C	+2.1 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
Nov	12.6 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Dec	3.2 °C	+1.0 °C	6 mm	+5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.8 °C

6 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-10.3 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

11.3 mm

21 Apr 2025

Windiest day

38.4 km/h

3 May 2025

Strongest gust

67.0 km/h

3 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.6 °C

20 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-15.0 °C

26 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

2.5 cm

23 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

25 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Qarek?

Qarek has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 69 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qarek?

The hottest day measured in Qarek between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1956, reaching 42.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Qarek?

The coldest day measured in Qarek between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1974, at -19.2 °C.

Does it snow in Qarek?

Yes. Qarek gets on average 5.9 cm of snow per year and has around 113 frost days.

Has the climate of Qarek warmed?

Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Qarek.

What is the wettest day in Qarek?

The wettest day measured in Qarek between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1982, with 35 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Qarek?

The windiest day measured in Qarek between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1965, with winds reaching 51.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Qarek?

The warmest month in Qarek is July (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Qarek?

Qarek receives on average 69 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 14 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Qarek?

Qarek 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 Qarek?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qarek between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1967, with 7.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Qarek?

Yes: Qarek has on average 45 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qarek?

In Qarek, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 12 July 1944, and the lowest was -24.5 °C on 13 February 1978.

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