Qiqihar climate — normals and trends
Qiqihar (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.8 °C and it receives 517 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-19.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Qiqihar averages 181 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 69 rainy days per year.
Qiqihar has warmed by +2.0 °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 186 to 176 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 1 June 2018) and the coldest -39.8 °C (on 16 January 1980).
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
QiqiharHeilongjiang
- coords
- 47.34°, 123.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.8°C
Average daily high
9.0°C
Average daily low
-1.3°C
Annual rainfall
517mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
42.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
181 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
69 d/yr
Annual snowfall
26.9 cm
Average feels-like high
5.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.7 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
40.3 °C
1 June 2018
Coldest day
-39.8 °C
16 January 1980
Wettest day
98 mm
13 July 2022
Windiest day
48.4 km/h
24 May 1976
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
24 May 1976
Hottest feels-like
41.6 °C
22 July 1968
Coldest feels-like
-46.0 °C
16 January 1980
Snowiest day
28.1 cm
29 April 1983
Sunniest day
15.0 h
25 June 2010
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 | -13.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 3 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | -10.4 °C | -1.8 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 2.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 16 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 64 mm | +38 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 36 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 95 mm | +17 mm |
| Jul | 29.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 129 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 26.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 123 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 23.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 72 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 9.5 °C | -1.3 °C | 5 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 1.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | -10.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 6 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qiqihar?
Qiqihar has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.8 °C and it receives 517 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qiqihar?
The hottest day measured in Qiqihar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 2018, reaching 40.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qiqihar?
The coldest day measured in Qiqihar between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1980, at -39.8 °C.
Does it snow in Qiqihar?
Yes. Qiqihar gets on average 26.9 cm of snow per year and has around 181 frost days.
Has the climate of Qiqihar warmed?
Yes: Qiqihar warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qiqihar?
The wettest day measured in Qiqihar between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2022, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qiqihar?
The windiest day measured in Qiqihar between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1976, with winds reaching 48.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qiqihar?
The warmest month in Qiqihar is July (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-19.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Qiqihar?
Qiqihar receives on average 517 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 69 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qiqihar?
Qiqihar gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qiqihar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qiqihar between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1983, with 28.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qiqihar?
Yes: Qiqihar has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qiqihar?
In Qiqihar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 22 July 1968, and the lowest was -46.0 °C on 16 January 1980.
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