Yangjiaying climate — normals and trends
Yangjiaying (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 643 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 (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Yangjiaying averages 169 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Yangjiaying has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 179 to 159 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 30 July 2010) and the coldest -33.4 °C (on 9 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
YangjiayingShanxi
- coords
- 39.48°, 111.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.8°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
0.3°C
Annual rainfall
643mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
16.8km/h
Seasonal range
32.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
169 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.0 cm
Average feels-like high
8.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
35.4 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest day
-33.4 °C
9 January 1955
Wettest day
113 mm
20 August 1973
Windiest day
52.3 km/h
28 April 1983
Strongest gust
112.0 km/h
28 April 1983
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-38.8 °C
8 February 1957
Snowiest day
13.2 cm
9 April 1957
Sunniest day
14.6 h
1 July 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 6 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | -1.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 7.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 22 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 26 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 73 mm | +18 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 44 mm | -28 mm |
| Jul | 26.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 267 mm | +135 mm |
| Aug | 24.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 198 mm | +53 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 84 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 164 mm | +120 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 20 mm | +0 mm |
| Dec | -1.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 11 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yangjiaying?
Yangjiaying has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 643 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yangjiaying?
The hottest day measured in Yangjiaying between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2010, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yangjiaying?
The coldest day measured in Yangjiaying between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1955, at -33.4 °C.
Does it snow in Yangjiaying?
Yes. Yangjiaying gets on average 41.0 cm of snow per year and has around 169 frost days.
Has the climate of Yangjiaying warmed?
Yes: Yangjiaying warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yangjiaying?
The wettest day measured in Yangjiaying between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1973, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yangjiaying?
The windiest day measured in Yangjiaying between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1983, with winds reaching 52.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yangjiaying?
The warmest month in Yangjiaying is July (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Yangjiaying?
Yangjiaying receives on average 643 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yangjiaying?
Yangjiaying gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yangjiaying?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yangjiaying between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1957, with 13.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yangjiaying?
Yes: Yangjiaying has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yangjiaying?
In Yangjiaying, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -38.8 °C on 8 February 1957.
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