Xilinji climate — normals and trends
Xilinji (China) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -2.8 °C and it receives 572 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-26.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xilinji averages 228 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Xilinji has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 27 June 2010) and the coldest -49.2 °C (on 21 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
XilinjiHeilongjiang
- coords
- 52.99°, 123.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-2.8°C
Average daily high
3.1°C
Average daily low
-8.7°C
Annual rainfall
572mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
44.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
228 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
79.1 cm
Average feels-like high
-0.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-12.7 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
37.2 °C
27 June 2010
Coldest day
-49.2 °C
21 January 2023
Wettest day
67 mm
20 July 2025
Windiest day
36.9 km/h
3 May 1951
Strongest gust
93.2 km/h
31 October 1991
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
27 June 2010
Coldest feels-like
-53.9 °C
21 January 2023
Snowiest day
30.5 cm
26 September 1982
Sunniest day
16.0 h
17 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -17.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 12 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | -12.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | -4.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 13 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 8.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 37 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 15.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 62 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 22.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 84 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 196 mm | +66 mm |
| Aug | 21.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 96 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 17.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 122 mm | +52 mm |
| Oct | 1.3 °C | -2.9 °C | 46 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | -8.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 25 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | -20.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 12 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xilinji?
Xilinji has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -2.8 °C and it receives 572 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xilinji?
The hottest day measured in Xilinji between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2010, reaching 37.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xilinji?
The coldest day measured in Xilinji between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2023, at -49.2 °C.
Does it snow in Xilinji?
Yes. Xilinji gets on average 79.1 cm of snow per year and has around 228 frost days.
Has the climate of Xilinji warmed?
Yes: Xilinji warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xilinji?
The wettest day measured in Xilinji between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2025, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xilinji?
The windiest day measured in Xilinji between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1951, with winds reaching 36.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xilinji?
The warmest month in Xilinji is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-26.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Xilinji?
Xilinji receives on average 572 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xilinji?
Xilinji gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xilinji?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xilinji between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1982, with 30.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xilinji?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Xilinji.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xilinji?
In Xilinji, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 27 June 2010, and the lowest was -53.9 °C on 21 January 2023.
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