Yigai'erqi climate — normals and trends
Yigai'erqi (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 61 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 (-4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Yigai'erqi averages 117 frost days, 92 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 12 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Yigai'erqi between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.9 °C (on 7 July 1953) and the coldest -21.5 °C (on 18 January 2023).
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
Yigai'erqiXinjiang
- coords
- 38.34°, 77.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.2°C
Average daily high
19.6°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
61mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
43%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
32.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
117 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
92 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
12 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.9 cm
Average feels-like high
17.1 °C
Average feels-like low
4.0 °C
Average peak gust
26.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
49 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
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
43.9 °C
7 July 1953
Coldest day
-21.5 °C
18 January 2023
Wettest day
41 mm
27 August 1982
Windiest day
183.1 km/h
6 July 1993
Strongest gust
94.3 km/h
9 June 1978
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
12 July 1944
Coldest feels-like
-26.1 °C
18 January 2023
Snowiest day
8.5 cm
21 February 1967
Sunniest day
14.0 h
24 May 1940
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 | 3.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | 7.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 16.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 25.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 12 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 31.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 33.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 34.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 32.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 6 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 22.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 12.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 5 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yigai'erqi?
Yigai'erqi has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 61 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yigai'erqi?
The hottest day measured in Yigai'erqi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1953, reaching 43.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yigai'erqi?
The coldest day measured in Yigai'erqi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2023, at -21.5 °C.
Does it snow in Yigai'erqi?
Yes. Yigai'erqi gets on average 3.9 cm of snow per year and has around 117 frost days.
Has the climate of Yigai'erqi warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Yigai'erqi.
What is the wettest day in Yigai'erqi?
The wettest day measured in Yigai'erqi between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1982, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yigai'erqi?
The windiest day measured in Yigai'erqi between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1993, with winds reaching 183.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yigai'erqi?
The warmest month in Yigai'erqi is July (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Yigai'erqi?
Yigai'erqi receives on average 61 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 12 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yigai'erqi?
Yigai'erqi gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yigai'erqi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yigai'erqi between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1967, with 8.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yigai'erqi?
Yes: Yigai'erqi has on average 49 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yigai'erqi?
In Yigai'erqi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 12 July 1944, and the lowest was -26.1 °C on 18 January 2023.
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