Quxu climate — normals and trends
Quxu (China) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.4 °C and it receives 854 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 (10.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Quxu averages 217 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Quxu has warmed by +4.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.46 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 231 to 203 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 25.2 °C (on 12 June 2012) and the coldest -34.1 °C (on 17 January 1968).
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
QuxuTibet
- coords
- 29.36°, 90.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.4°C
Average daily high
8.7°C
Average daily low
-3.1°C
Annual rainfall
854mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
10.6km/h
Seasonal range
18.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
217 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
61.7 cm
Average feels-like high
5.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.4 °C
Average peak gust
38.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+4.0 °C
since 1940
+0.5 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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
25.2 °C
12 June 2012
Coldest day
-34.1 °C
17 January 1968
Wettest day
30 mm
2 September 1972
Windiest day
33.1 km/h
9 March 1979
Strongest gust
115.6 km/h
9 March 1979
Hottest feels-like
22.9 °C
19 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-39.1 °C
17 January 1968
Snowiest day
19.1 cm
27 October 2008
Sunniest day
13.9 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 | 7.0 °C | +7.1 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 5.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 10 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 8.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 18 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 10.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 38 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 12.0 °C | -1.1 °C | 133 mm | +76 mm |
| Jun | 16.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 122 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 18.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 143 mm | -73 mm |
| Aug | 17.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 172 mm | -44 mm |
| Sep | 15.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 159 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 61 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 6.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 16 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +5.7 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Quxu?
Quxu has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.4 °C and it receives 854 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Quxu?
The hottest day measured in Quxu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 2012, reaching 25.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Quxu?
The coldest day measured in Quxu between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1968, at -34.1 °C.
Does it snow in Quxu?
Yes. Quxu gets on average 61.7 cm of snow per year and has around 217 frost days.
Has the climate of Quxu warmed?
Yes: Quxu warmed by +4.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Quxu?
The wettest day measured in Quxu between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1972, with 30 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Quxu?
The windiest day measured in Quxu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1979, with winds reaching 33.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Quxu?
The warmest month in Quxu is July (10.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Quxu?
Quxu receives on average 854 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Quxu?
Quxu gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Quxu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Quxu between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2008, with 19.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Quxu?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Quxu.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Quxu?
In Quxu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 22.9 °C on 19 July 2025, and the lowest was -39.1 °C on 17 January 1968.
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