Yanghe climate — normals and trends
Yanghe (China) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 278 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Yanghe averages 140 frost days, 52 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 42 rainy days per year.
Yanghe has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 146 to 134 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 8 July 1953) and the coldest -29.1 °C (on 16 January 1955).
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
YangheNingxia
- coords
- 38.28°, 106.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
16.9°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
278mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
47%
Average peak wind
14.9km/h
Seasonal range
31.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
140 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
52 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
42 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.4 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
22 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.06 · p = 0.024
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
42.3 °C
8 July 1953
Coldest day
-29.1 °C
16 January 1955
Wettest day
87 mm
1 July 1946
Windiest day
55.6 km/h
3 June 1946
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
23 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-34.2 °C
16 January 1955
Snowiest day
9.8 cm
7 November 1986
Sunniest day
14.0 h
24 May 1940
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 | 2.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 9 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 13 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 21.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 2 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 26.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 5 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 30.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 18 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 31.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 69 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 59 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 26.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 34 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 15.9 °C | -1.4 °C | 41 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 10.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 10 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 2 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yanghe?
Yanghe has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 278 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yanghe?
The hottest day measured in Yanghe between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1953, reaching 42.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yanghe?
The coldest day measured in Yanghe between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1955, at -29.1 °C.
Does it snow in Yanghe?
Yes. Yanghe gets on average 10.4 cm of snow per year and has around 140 frost days.
Has the climate of Yanghe warmed?
Yes: Yanghe warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yanghe?
The wettest day measured in Yanghe between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1946, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yanghe?
The windiest day measured in Yanghe between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 1946, with winds reaching 55.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yanghe?
The warmest month in Yanghe is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Yanghe?
Yanghe receives on average 278 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yanghe?
Yanghe gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yanghe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yanghe between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1986, with 9.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yanghe?
Yes: Yanghe has on average 22 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yanghe?
In Yanghe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 30 July 2010, and the lowest was -34.2 °C on 16 January 1955.
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