Xilin Hot climate — normals and trends
Xilin Hot (China) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.9 °C and it receives 330 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-18.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xilin Hot averages 195 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 58 rainy days per year.
Xilin Hot has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 205 to 185 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 4 August 2016) and the coldest -39.8 °C (on 13 January 2001).
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
Xilin HotInner Mongolia
- coords
- 43.97°, 116.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.9°C
Average daily high
9.0°C
Average daily low
-3.0°C
Annual rainfall
330mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
21.6km/h
Seasonal range
39.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
195 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
58 d/yr
Annual snowfall
35.3 cm
Average feels-like high
4.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.1 °C
Average peak gust
39.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
39.5 °C
4 August 2016
Coldest day
-39.8 °C
13 January 2001
Wettest day
90 mm
11 August 2004
Windiest day
60.9 km/h
3 May 1980
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
16 April 1963
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
4 August 2016
Coldest feels-like
-45.5 °C
13 January 2001
Snowiest day
16.0 cm
3 May 1975
Sunniest day
14.8 h
30 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -9.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | -7.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 4.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 10 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 14.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 25 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 22 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 30 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 28.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 101 mm | +27 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 56 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 24 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 10.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 20 mm | -0 mm |
| Nov | 1.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 13 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | -10.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xilin Hot?
Xilin Hot has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.9 °C and it receives 330 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xilin Hot?
The hottest day measured in Xilin Hot between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2016, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xilin Hot?
The coldest day measured in Xilin Hot between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2001, at -39.8 °C.
Does it snow in Xilin Hot?
Yes. Xilin Hot gets on average 35.3 cm of snow per year and has around 195 frost days.
Has the climate of Xilin Hot warmed?
Yes: Xilin Hot warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xilin Hot?
The wettest day measured in Xilin Hot between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2004, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xilin Hot?
The windiest day measured in Xilin Hot between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1980, with winds reaching 60.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xilin Hot?
The warmest month in Xilin Hot is July (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-18.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Xilin Hot?
Xilin Hot receives on average 330 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 58 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xilin Hot?
Xilin Hot gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xilin Hot?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xilin Hot between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1975, with 16.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xilin Hot?
Yes: Xilin Hot has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xilin Hot?
In Xilin Hot, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 4 August 2016, and the lowest was -45.5 °C on 13 January 2001.
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