Wudalike climate — normals and trends
Wudalike (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 65 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 (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Wudalike averages 118 frost days, 82 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 13 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Wudalike has changed by -0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 126 to 110 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 24 July 1956) and the coldest -20.4 °C (on 18 January 2023).
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
WudalikeXinjiang
- coords
- 38.36°, 77.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.6°C
Average daily high
19.3°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
65mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
46%
Average peak wind
12.4km/h
Seasonal range
30.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
118 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
82 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
13 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.8 cm
Average feels-like high
17.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
26.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
37 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-0.9 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.05 · p = 0.046
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
43.7 °C
24 July 1956
Coldest day
-20.4 °C
18 January 2023
Wettest day
38 mm
28 August 1989
Windiest day
52.5 km/h
23 August 1965
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
7 May 1940
Hottest feels-like
42.2 °C
12 July 1944
Coldest feels-like
-24.8 °C
18 January 2023
Snowiest day
8.4 cm
21 February 1967
Sunniest day
14.0 h
22 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 | 3.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | 7.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 25.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 11 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 30.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 3 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 33.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 33.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 3 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 32.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 7 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 28.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 22.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 12.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 6 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wudalike?
Wudalike has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 65 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wudalike?
The hottest day measured in Wudalike between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1956, reaching 43.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wudalike?
The coldest day measured in Wudalike between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2023, at -20.4 °C.
Does it snow in Wudalike?
Yes. Wudalike gets on average 4.8 cm of snow per year and has around 118 frost days.
Has the climate of Wudalike warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Wudalike.
What is the wettest day in Wudalike?
The wettest day measured in Wudalike between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1989, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wudalike?
The windiest day measured in Wudalike between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1965, with winds reaching 52.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wudalike?
The warmest month in Wudalike is July (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Wudalike?
Wudalike receives on average 65 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 13 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wudalike?
Wudalike 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 Wudalike?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wudalike between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1967, with 8.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wudalike?
Yes: Wudalike has on average 37 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wudalike?
In Wudalike, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 12 July 1944, and the lowest was -24.8 °C on 18 January 2023.
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