Wuhai climate — normals and trends
Wuhai (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 195 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Wuhai averages 150 frost days, 43 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 31 rainy days per year.
Wuhai has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 156 to 144 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 14 July 1944) and the coldest -28.9 °C (on 5 January 1970).
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
WuhaiInner Mongolia
- coords
- 39.68°, 106.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
14.7°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
195mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
43%
Average peak wind
20.7km/h
Seasonal range
34.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
150 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
43 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
31 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.7 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.8 °C
Average peak gust
38.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 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 = 0.06 · p = 0.022
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
41.3 °C
14 July 1944
Coldest day
-28.9 °C
5 January 1970
Wettest day
123 mm
24 August 1942
Windiest day
67.5 km/h
23 May 1946
Strongest gust
114.5 km/h
23 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
14 July 1944
Coldest feels-like
-34.9 °C
5 January 1970
Snowiest day
9.9 cm
21 February 1979
Sunniest day
14.0 h
24 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 5 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 1.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 10.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 24.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 19 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 29.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 8 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 104 mm | +61 mm |
| Aug | 28.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 40 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 22 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 14.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 22 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 7 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 1.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 1 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wuhai?
Wuhai has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 195 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wuhai?
The hottest day measured in Wuhai between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1944, reaching 41.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wuhai?
The coldest day measured in Wuhai between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1970, at -28.9 °C.
Does it snow in Wuhai?
Yes. Wuhai gets on average 7.7 cm of snow per year and has around 150 frost days.
Has the climate of Wuhai warmed?
Yes: Wuhai warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wuhai?
The wettest day measured in Wuhai between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1942, with 123 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wuhai?
The windiest day measured in Wuhai between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 1946, with winds reaching 67.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wuhai?
The warmest month in Wuhai is July (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Wuhai?
Wuhai receives on average 195 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 31 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wuhai?
Wuhai 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 Wuhai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wuhai between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1979, with 9.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wuhai?
Yes: Wuhai has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wuhai?
In Wuhai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 14 July 1944, and the lowest was -34.9 °C on 5 January 1970.
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