Yakeshi climate — normals and trends
Yakeshi (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -1.4 °C and it receives 500 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 (19.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-25.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yakeshi averages 217 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.
Yakeshi has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 3 August 2016) and the coldest -48.0 °C (on 8 January 1951).
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
YakeshiInner Mongolia
- coords
- 49.28°, 120.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-1.4°C
Average daily high
4.3°C
Average daily low
-7.2°C
Annual rainfall
500mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
44.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
217 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
81 d/yr
Annual snowfall
58.1 cm
Average feels-like high
0.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-11.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
37.5 °C
3 August 2016
Coldest day
-48.0 °C
8 January 1951
Wettest day
72 mm
28 July 1943
Windiest day
55.5 km/h
28 March 1971
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
20 April 1998
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
26 June 2010
Coldest feels-like
-53.7 °C
8 January 1951
Snowiest day
18.2 cm
3 October 1955
Sunniest day
16.0 h
20 June 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -16.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 9 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | -14.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 8 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | -2.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 22 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 9.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 30 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 17 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 23.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 44 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 188 mm | +71 mm |
| Aug | 22.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 80 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 18.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 87 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 4.9 °C | -1.5 °C | 17 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | -3.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 18 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | -18.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 11 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yakeshi?
Yakeshi has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -1.4 °C and it receives 500 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yakeshi?
The hottest day measured in Yakeshi between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2016, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yakeshi?
The coldest day measured in Yakeshi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1951, at -48.0 °C.
Does it snow in Yakeshi?
Yes. Yakeshi gets on average 58.1 cm of snow per year and has around 217 frost days.
Has the climate of Yakeshi warmed?
Yes: Yakeshi warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yakeshi?
The wettest day measured in Yakeshi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1943, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yakeshi?
The windiest day measured in Yakeshi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 1971, with winds reaching 55.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yakeshi?
The warmest month in Yakeshi is July (19.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-25.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Yakeshi?
Yakeshi receives on average 500 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yakeshi?
Yakeshi gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yakeshi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yakeshi between 1940 and 2025 was 3 October 1955, with 18.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yakeshi?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Yakeshi.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yakeshi?
In Yakeshi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 26 June 2010, and the lowest was -53.7 °C on 8 January 1951.
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