Tumxuk climate — normals and trends
Tumxuk (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 51 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 (28.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Tumxuk averages 109 frost days, 106 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 11 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Tumxuk between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.4 °C (on 12 July 1944) and the coldest -22.8 °C (on 22 January 1975).
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
TumxukXinjiang
- coords
- 39.87°, 79.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.9°C
Average daily high
19.7°C
Average daily low
8.3°C
Annual rainfall
51mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
44%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
34.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
109 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
106 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
11 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.2 cm
Average feels-like high
16.5 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
75 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 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
44.4 °C
12 July 1944
Coldest day
-22.8 °C
22 January 1975
Wettest day
43 mm
11 May 1993
Windiest day
53.0 km/h
20 May 1961
Strongest gust
82.8 km/h
21 May 2012
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
18 July 1997
Coldest feels-like
-27.5 °C
21 January 1975
Snowiest day
4.8 cm
2 March 2003
Sunniest day
14.2 h
11 June 2025
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 | 1.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Feb | 6.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 15.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 25.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 32.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 35.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 35.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 5 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 34.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 3 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 29.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 22.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 12.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 3.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 3 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tumxuk?
Tumxuk has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 51 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tumxuk?
The hottest day measured in Tumxuk between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1944, reaching 44.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tumxuk?
The coldest day measured in Tumxuk between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1975, at -22.8 °C.
Does it snow in Tumxuk?
Yes. Tumxuk gets on average 3.2 cm of snow per year and has around 109 frost days.
Has the climate of Tumxuk warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Tumxuk.
What is the wettest day in Tumxuk?
The wettest day measured in Tumxuk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1993, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tumxuk?
The windiest day measured in Tumxuk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 1961, with winds reaching 53.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tumxuk?
The warmest month in Tumxuk is July (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Tumxuk?
Tumxuk receives on average 51 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 11 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tumxuk?
Tumxuk gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tumxuk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tumxuk between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 2003, with 4.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tumxuk?
Yes: Tumxuk has on average 75 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tumxuk?
In Tumxuk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 18 July 1997, and the lowest was -27.5 °C on 21 January 1975.
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