Qiaotou climate — normals and trends
Qiaotou (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 1,048 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 (19.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Qiaotou averages 110 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Qiaotou has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.0 °C (on 1 August 2021) and the coldest -27.1 °C (on 11 January 2021).
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
QiaotouGansu
- coords
- 33.11°, 104.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
13.1°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,048mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
7.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
51.6 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
29.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
31.0 °C
1 August 2021
Coldest day
-27.1 °C
11 January 2021
Wettest day
195 mm
15 July 1946
Windiest day
18.7 km/h
24 May 1946
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
17 July 1946
Hottest feels-like
33.9 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
15 December 1975
Snowiest day
7.7 cm
16 February 1995
Sunniest day
14.0 h
29 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 27 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 1.6 °C | -2.0 °C | 41 mm | +20 mm |
| Mar | 8.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 46 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 33 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 80 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 21.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 147 mm | +20 mm |
| Jul | 24.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 173 mm | -44 mm |
| Aug | 23.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 195 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 20.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 167 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 124 mm | +45 mm |
| Nov | 9.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 25 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 9 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qiaotou?
Qiaotou has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 1,048 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qiaotou?
The hottest day measured in Qiaotou between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2021, reaching 31.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qiaotou?
The coldest day measured in Qiaotou between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 2021, at -27.1 °C.
Does it snow in Qiaotou?
Yes. Qiaotou gets on average 51.6 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Qiaotou warmed?
Yes: Qiaotou warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qiaotou?
The wettest day measured in Qiaotou between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1946, with 195 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qiaotou?
The windiest day measured in Qiaotou between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1946, with winds reaching 18.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qiaotou?
The warmest month in Qiaotou is July (19.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Qiaotou?
Qiaotou receives on average 1,048 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qiaotou?
Qiaotou gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qiaotou?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qiaotou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1995, with 7.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qiaotou?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Qiaotou.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qiaotou?
In Qiaotou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.9 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 15 December 1975.
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