Yatou climate — normals and trends
Yatou (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 807 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 August (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yatou averages 71 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Yatou has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 83 to 59 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 29 July 1997) and the coldest -13.0 °C (on 23 January 1963).
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
YatouShandong
- coords
- 37.16°, 122.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.1°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
9.9°C
Annual rainfall
807mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
23.6km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
71 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
7.2 °C
Average peak gust
38.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
73 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
33.0 °C
29 July 1997
Coldest day
-13.0 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
176 mm
8 September 1966
Windiest day
79.9 km/h
28 July 1960
Strongest gust
147.2 km/h
28 July 1960
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
8 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-21.0 °C
4 January 1970
Snowiest day
16.3 cm
7 January 2001
Sunniest day
14.0 h
6 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 9 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 2.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 13 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 9.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 50 mm | +23 mm |
| Apr | 14.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 41 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 50 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 112 mm | +27 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 86 mm | -92 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 127 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 357 mm | +255 mm |
| Oct | 18.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 113 mm | +69 mm |
| Nov | 14.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 3 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 6.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 24 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yatou?
Yatou has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 807 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yatou?
The hottest day measured in Yatou between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1997, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yatou?
The coldest day measured in Yatou between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -13.0 °C.
Does it snow in Yatou?
Yes. Yatou gets on average 25.3 cm of snow per year and has around 71 frost days.
Has the climate of Yatou warmed?
Yes: Yatou warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yatou?
The wettest day measured in Yatou between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 1966, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yatou?
The windiest day measured in Yatou between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1960, with winds reaching 79.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yatou?
The warmest month in Yatou is August (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Yatou?
Yatou receives on average 807 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yatou?
Yatou gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yatou?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yatou between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2001, with 16.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yatou?
Yes: Yatou has on average 73 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yatou?
In Yatou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 8 August 2018, and the lowest was -21.0 °C on 4 January 1970.
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