Yantongshan climate — normals and trends
Yantongshan (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 931 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-16.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yantongshan averages 173 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Yantongshan has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 177 to 169 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 3 August 2018) and the coldest -37.0 °C (on 4 January 1970).
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
YantongshanJilin
- coords
- 43.29°, 126.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.9°C
Average daily high
10.3°C
Average daily low
-0.5°C
Annual rainfall
931mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
39.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
173 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
64.0 cm
Average feels-like high
8.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
16 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
37.0 °C
3 August 2018
Coldest day
-37.0 °C
4 January 1970
Wettest day
117 mm
28 July 2024
Windiest day
42.9 km/h
6 May 2017
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
27 August 1957
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
30 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-42.6 °C
4 January 1970
Snowiest day
23.2 cm
4 March 2007
Sunniest day
15.0 h
21 June 1942
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 | -6.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 14 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | -4.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 5.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 18 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 14.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 116 mm | +59 mm |
| May | 20.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 101 mm | +12 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 145 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 29.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 243 mm | +31 mm |
| Aug | 26.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 225 mm | +34 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 57 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 20 mm | -37 mm |
| Nov | 4.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 22 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | -6.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 14 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yantongshan?
Yantongshan has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 931 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yantongshan?
The hottest day measured in Yantongshan between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2018, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yantongshan?
The coldest day measured in Yantongshan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1970, at -37.0 °C.
Does it snow in Yantongshan?
Yes. Yantongshan gets on average 64.0 cm of snow per year and has around 173 frost days.
Has the climate of Yantongshan warmed?
Yes: Yantongshan warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yantongshan?
The wettest day measured in Yantongshan between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2024, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yantongshan?
The windiest day measured in Yantongshan between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 2017, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yantongshan?
The warmest month in Yantongshan is July (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-16.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Yantongshan?
Yantongshan receives on average 931 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yantongshan?
Yantongshan gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yantongshan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yantongshan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2007, with 23.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yantongshan?
Yes: Yantongshan has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yantongshan?
In Yantongshan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 30 July 2018, and the lowest was -42.6 °C on 4 January 1970.
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