Sandaohezi climate — normals and trends
Sandaohezi (China) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 396 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Sandaohezi averages 139 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 70 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Sandaohezi between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 22 July 2015) and the coldest -34.4 °C (on 26 February 1951).
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
SandaoheziXinjiang
- coords
- 44.33°, 85.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.9°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
3.6°C
Annual rainfall
396mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
12.1km/h
Seasonal range
37.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
139 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
45 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
70 d/yr
Annual snowfall
46.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
0.6 °C
Average peak gust
22.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
28 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 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.
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
42.2 °C
22 July 2015
Coldest day
-34.4 °C
26 February 1951
Wettest day
57 mm
8 May 2004
Windiest day
40.2 km/h
31 May 1961
Strongest gust
78.1 km/h
31 May 1961
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
22 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-39.6 °C
26 February 1951
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
8 November 2012
Sunniest day
15.0 h
13 June 1940
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 | -9.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 9 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -8.2 °C | -2.3 °C | 5 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 6.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 38 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 20.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 31 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 26.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 100 mm | +40 mm |
| Jun | 31.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 10 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 33.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 20 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 30.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 25 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 22.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 69 mm | +21 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | -1.5 °C | 74 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 4.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 23 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | -4.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 23 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sandaohezi?
Sandaohezi has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 396 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sandaohezi?
The hottest day measured in Sandaohezi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2015, reaching 42.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sandaohezi?
The coldest day measured in Sandaohezi between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1951, at -34.4 °C.
Does it snow in Sandaohezi?
Yes. Sandaohezi gets on average 46.0 cm of snow per year and has around 139 frost days.
Has the climate of Sandaohezi warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Sandaohezi.
What is the wettest day in Sandaohezi?
The wettest day measured in Sandaohezi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 2004, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sandaohezi?
The windiest day measured in Sandaohezi between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1961, with winds reaching 40.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sandaohezi?
The warmest month in Sandaohezi is July (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Sandaohezi?
Sandaohezi receives on average 396 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sandaohezi?
Sandaohezi gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sandaohezi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sandaohezi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 2012, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sandaohezi?
Yes: Sandaohezi has on average 28 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sandaohezi?
In Sandaohezi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 22 July 2015, and the lowest was -39.6 °C on 26 February 1951.
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