Xigaoshan climate — normals and trends
Xigaoshan (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 1,083 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xigaoshan averages 112 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Xigaoshan has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 119 to 105 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 10 July 2017) and the coldest -25.4 °C (on 26 January 1956).
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
XigaoshanGansu
- coords
- 33.73°, 105.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,083mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
24.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
112 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
59.5 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · p = < 0.001
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
32.3 °C
10 July 2017
Coldest day
-25.4 °C
26 January 1956
Wettest day
191 mm
15 July 1946
Windiest day
46.8 km/h
31 May 1946
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
7 June 1946
Hottest feels-like
35.2 °C
29 July 1958
Coldest feels-like
-30.5 °C
26 January 1956
Snowiest day
10.8 cm
18 November 1961
Sunniest day
14.0 h
5 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 31 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | 2.8 °C | -1.1 °C | 40 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 10.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 22 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 19.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 32 mm | -37 mm |
| May | 22.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 88 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 153 mm | +30 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 152 mm | -49 mm |
| Aug | 25.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 134 mm | -50 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 202 mm | +40 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 190 mm | +98 mm |
| Nov | 9.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 33 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 21 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xigaoshan?
Xigaoshan has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 1,083 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xigaoshan?
The hottest day measured in Xigaoshan between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2017, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xigaoshan?
The coldest day measured in Xigaoshan between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1956, at -25.4 °C.
Does it snow in Xigaoshan?
Yes. Xigaoshan gets on average 59.5 cm of snow per year and has around 112 frost days.
Has the climate of Xigaoshan warmed?
Yes: Xigaoshan warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xigaoshan?
The wettest day measured in Xigaoshan between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1946, with 191 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xigaoshan?
The windiest day measured in Xigaoshan between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1946, with winds reaching 46.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xigaoshan?
The warmest month in Xigaoshan is July (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Xigaoshan?
Xigaoshan receives on average 1,083 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xigaoshan?
Xigaoshan gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xigaoshan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xigaoshan between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1961, with 10.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xigaoshan?
Yes: Xigaoshan has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xigaoshan?
In Xigaoshan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 29 July 1958, and the lowest was -30.5 °C on 26 January 1956.
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