Wuda climate — normals and trends
Wuda (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 225 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 (24.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Wuda averages 148 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 35 rainy days per year.
Wuda has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 154 to 142 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 14 July 1944) and the coldest -28.5 °C (on 3 January 1977).
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
WudaInner Mongolia
- coords
- 39.50°, 106.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
225mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
43%
Average peak wind
19.9km/h
Seasonal range
33.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
148 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
37 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
35 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.4 °C
Average peak gust
40.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
18 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.07 · p = 0.013
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
40.6 °C
14 July 1944
Coldest day
-28.5 °C
3 January 1977
Wettest day
114 mm
24 August 1942
Windiest day
54.1 km/h
23 May 1946
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
23 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
14 July 1944
Coldest feels-like
-32.8 °C
5 January 1970
Snowiest day
13.0 cm
30 March 1956
Sunniest day
14.0 h
24 May 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 | -0.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 5 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 1.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 4 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 19.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 24.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 18 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 9 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 30.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 105 mm | +55 mm |
| Aug | 27.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 59 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 23.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 34 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | -1.1 °C | 28 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 7.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 7 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wuda?
Wuda has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 225 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wuda?
The hottest day measured in Wuda between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1944, reaching 40.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wuda?
The coldest day measured in Wuda between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1977, at -28.5 °C.
Does it snow in Wuda?
Yes. Wuda gets on average 9.3 cm of snow per year and has around 148 frost days.
Has the climate of Wuda warmed?
Yes: Wuda warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wuda?
The wettest day measured in Wuda between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1942, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wuda?
The windiest day measured in Wuda between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 1946, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wuda?
The warmest month in Wuda is July (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Wuda?
Wuda receives on average 225 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 35 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wuda?
Wuda gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wuda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wuda between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1956, with 13.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wuda?
Yes: Wuda has on average 18 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wuda?
In Wuda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 14 July 1944, and the lowest was -32.8 °C on 5 January 1970.
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