Yintai climate — normals and trends
Yintai (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 736 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Yintai averages 103 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Yintai has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 113 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.5 °C (on 17 June 2006) and the coldest -26.6 °C (on 16 January 1955).
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
YintaiShaanxi
- coords
- 35.12°, 109.10°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.2°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
7.8°C
Annual rainfall
736mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
26.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
38 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.2 cm
Average feels-like high
15.6 °C
Average feels-like low
5.8 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
42 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °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
40.5 °C
17 June 2006
Coldest day
-26.6 °C
16 January 1955
Wettest day
214 mm
24 August 1946
Windiest day
45.3 km/h
2 April 1970
Strongest gust
93.2 km/h
2 April 1970
Hottest feels-like
41.8 °C
15 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-31.4 °C
16 January 1955
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
14 November 1994
Sunniest day
14.0 h
30 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 23 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 6.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 8 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 14.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 28 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 24.2 °C | +5.1 °C | 1 mm | -45 mm |
| May | 27.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 33 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 30.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 46 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 60 mm | -76 mm |
| Aug | 29.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 100 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 21.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 157 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | -1.9 °C | 143 mm | +80 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 7 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 7.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 15 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yintai?
Yintai has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 736 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yintai?
The hottest day measured in Yintai between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 2006, reaching 40.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yintai?
The coldest day measured in Yintai between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1955, at -26.6 °C.
Does it snow in Yintai?
Yes. Yintai gets on average 28.2 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Yintai warmed?
Yes: Yintai warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yintai?
The wettest day measured in Yintai between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1946, with 214 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yintai?
The windiest day measured in Yintai between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1970, with winds reaching 45.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yintai?
The warmest month in Yintai is July (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Yintai?
Yintai receives on average 736 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yintai?
Yintai gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yintai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yintai between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 1994, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yintai?
Yes: Yintai has on average 42 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yintai?
In Yintai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 15 July 2025, and the lowest was -31.4 °C on 16 January 1955.
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