Yanguan climate — normals and trends
Yanguan (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 895 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 (19.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yanguan averages 124 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Yanguan has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 130 to 118 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.2 °C (on 10 July 2017) and the coldest -24.9 °C (on 25 January 1954).
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
YanguanGansu
- coords
- 34.26°, 105.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
895mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.9 °C
Average feels-like low
1.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
32.2 °C
10 July 2017
Coldest day
-24.9 °C
25 January 1954
Wettest day
128 mm
20 August 1946
Windiest day
56.1 km/h
31 May 1946
Strongest gust
94.3 km/h
31 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
34.9 °C
5 August 2002
Coldest feels-like
-29.8 °C
25 January 1954
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
18 November 1961
Sunniest day
14.0 h
5 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 27 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 1.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 26 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 9.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 17 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 18.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 20 mm | -38 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 72 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 23.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 115 mm | +11 mm |
| Jul | 25.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 136 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 136 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 140 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 173 mm | +99 mm |
| Nov | 8.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 22 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 4.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 16 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yanguan?
Yanguan has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 895 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yanguan?
The hottest day measured in Yanguan between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2017, reaching 32.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yanguan?
The coldest day measured in Yanguan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1954, at -24.9 °C.
Does it snow in Yanguan?
Yes. Yanguan gets on average 62.3 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Yanguan warmed?
Yes: Yanguan warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yanguan?
The wettest day measured in Yanguan between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1946, with 128 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yanguan?
The windiest day measured in Yanguan between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1946, with winds reaching 56.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yanguan?
The warmest month in Yanguan is July (19.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Yanguan?
Yanguan receives on average 895 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yanguan?
Yanguan gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yanguan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yanguan between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1961, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yanguan?
Yes: Yanguan has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yanguan?
In Yanguan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.9 °C on 5 August 2002, and the lowest was -29.8 °C on 25 January 1954.
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