Yanta climate — normals and trends
Yanta (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 722 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 (27.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yanta averages 88 frost days, 74 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.
Yanta has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 99 to 77 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 15 July 2002) and the coldest -28.9 °C (on 17 January 1958).
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
YantaShandong
- coords
- 36.24°, 115.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.4°C
Average daily high
19.3°C
Average daily low
9.8°C
Annual rainfall
722mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
28.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
88 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
74 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
73 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.3 cm
Average feels-like high
18.5 °C
Average feels-like low
8.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
86 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
42.0 °C
15 July 2002
Coldest day
-28.9 °C
17 January 1958
Wettest day
161 mm
11 July 1967
Windiest day
45.4 km/h
13 May 1977
Strongest gust
86.0 km/h
20 August 1997
Hottest feels-like
46.1 °C
23 July 1959
Coldest feels-like
-33.9 °C
17 January 1958
Snowiest day
17.5 cm
6 January 2001
Sunniest day
14.0 h
21 June 1950
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 8.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 16.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 41 mm | +22 mm |
| Apr | 24.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 31 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 28.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 20 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 33.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 71 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 34.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 101 mm | -105 mm |
| Aug | 32.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 169 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 26.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 124 mm | +53 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | -3.2 °C | 141 mm | +105 mm |
| Nov | 16.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 7 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 8.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 7 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yanta?
Yanta has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 722 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yanta?
The hottest day measured in Yanta between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2002, reaching 42.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yanta?
The coldest day measured in Yanta between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1958, at -28.9 °C.
Does it snow in Yanta?
Yes. Yanta gets on average 14.3 cm of snow per year and has around 88 frost days.
Has the climate of Yanta warmed?
Yes: Yanta warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yanta?
The wettest day measured in Yanta between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1967, with 161 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yanta?
The windiest day measured in Yanta between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1977, with winds reaching 45.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yanta?
The warmest month in Yanta is July (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Yanta?
Yanta receives on average 722 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yanta?
Yanta gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yanta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yanta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2001, with 17.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yanta?
Yes: Yanta has on average 86 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yanta?
In Yanta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 23 July 1959, and the lowest was -33.9 °C on 17 January 1958.
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