Xiping climate — normals and trends
Xiping (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 876 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 (18.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xiping averages 144 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Xiping has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 152 to 136 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.4 °C (on 6 July 2022) and the coldest -27.8 °C (on 13 December 1975).
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
XipingGansu
- coords
- 34.61°, 105.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.8°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
2.4°C
Annual rainfall
876mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
12.6km/h
Seasonal range
25.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
144 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
81.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
31.4 °C
6 July 2022
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
13 December 1975
Wettest day
143 mm
19 August 1946
Windiest day
49.8 km/h
31 May 1946
Strongest gust
92.5 km/h
23 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
33.6 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
13 December 1975
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
18 November 1961
Sunniest day
14.0 h
28 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 27 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | -0.7 °C | -2.3 °C | 38 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 6.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 20 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 22 mm | -41 mm |
| May | 20.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 81 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 22.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 96 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 24.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 154 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 23.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 146 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 106 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 142 mm | +65 mm |
| Nov | 7.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 20 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 9 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xiping?
Xiping has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 876 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xiping?
The hottest day measured in Xiping between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2022, reaching 31.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xiping?
The coldest day measured in Xiping between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1975, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Xiping?
Yes. Xiping gets on average 81.7 cm of snow per year and has around 144 frost days.
Has the climate of Xiping warmed?
Yes: Xiping warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xiping?
The wettest day measured in Xiping between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1946, with 143 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xiping?
The windiest day measured in Xiping between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1946, with winds reaching 49.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xiping?
The warmest month in Xiping is July (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Xiping?
Xiping receives on average 876 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xiping?
Xiping gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xiping?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xiping between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1961, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xiping?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Xiping.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xiping?
In Xiping, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.6 °C on 28 July 2010, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 13 December 1975.
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