Qiaotou climate — normals and trends
Qiaotou (China) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.4 °C and it receives 765 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 (13.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Qiaotou averages 212 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Qiaotou has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 220 to 204 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.0 °C (on 30 July 2010) and the coldest -35.6 °C (on 24 January 2016).
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
QiaotouQinghai
- coords
- 36.94°, 101.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.4°C
Average daily high
8.3°C
Average daily low
-5.1°C
Annual rainfall
765mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
9.5km/h
Seasonal range
26.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
212 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
92.3 cm
Average feels-like high
5.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-8.6 °C
Average peak gust
25.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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
30.0 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest day
-35.6 °C
24 January 2016
Wettest day
52 mm
17 August 1948
Windiest day
29.4 km/h
1 December 1980
Strongest gust
83.9 km/h
11 April 2010
Hottest feels-like
31.4 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-40.7 °C
24 January 2016
Snowiest day
12.3 cm
26 March 1946
Sunniest day
14.1 h
28 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 12 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 0.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 11 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 3.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 23 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 12.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 33 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 36 mm | -44 mm |
| Jun | 18.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 87 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 22.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 101 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 18.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 241 mm | +101 mm |
| Sep | 17.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 96 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 9.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 98 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 4.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 16 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 1.9 °C | +5.1 °C | 6 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qiaotou?
Qiaotou has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.4 °C and it receives 765 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 30 July 2010, reaching 30.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qiaotou?
The coldest day measured in Qiaotou between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, at -35.6 °C.
Does it snow in Qiaotou?
Yes. Qiaotou gets on average 92.3 cm of snow per year and has around 212 frost days.
Has the climate of Qiaotou warmed?
Yes: Qiaotou warmed by +1.9 °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 17 August 1948, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qiaotou?
The windiest day measured in Qiaotou between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1980, with winds reaching 29.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qiaotou?
The warmest month in Qiaotou is July (13.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Qiaotou?
Qiaotou receives on average 765 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qiaotou?
Qiaotou gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 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 26 March 1946, with 12.3 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 31.4 °C on 30 July 2010, and the lowest was -40.7 °C on 24 January 2016.
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