Yishikuli climate — normals and trends
Yishikuli (China) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 68 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 (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Yishikuli averages 113 frost days, 93 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 14 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Yishikuli between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.1 °C (on 7 July 1953) and the coldest -22.1 °C (on 30 December 1974).
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
YishikuliXinjiang
- coords
- 38.49°, 77.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.2°C
Average daily high
19.6°C
Average daily low
7.6°C
Annual rainfall
68mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
44%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
32.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
113 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
93 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
14 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.4 cm
Average feels-like high
17.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.5 °C
Average peak gust
27.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
53 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.0 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
44.1 °C
7 July 1953
Coldest day
-22.1 °C
30 December 1974
Wettest day
40 mm
26 August 1982
Windiest day
59.4 km/h
7 May 1940
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
7 May 1940
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
12 July 1944
Coldest feels-like
-26.6 °C
30 December 1974
Snowiest day
7.9 cm
21 February 1967
Sunniest day
14.0 h
22 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 | 3.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 1 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | 7.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 16.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 25.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 15 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 31.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 33.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 34.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 4 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 32.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 9 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 29.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 22.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 3.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 7 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yishikuli?
Yishikuli has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 68 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yishikuli?
The hottest day measured in Yishikuli between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1953, reaching 44.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yishikuli?
The coldest day measured in Yishikuli between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1974, at -22.1 °C.
Does it snow in Yishikuli?
Yes. Yishikuli gets on average 4.4 cm of snow per year and has around 113 frost days.
Has the climate of Yishikuli warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Yishikuli.
What is the wettest day in Yishikuli?
The wettest day measured in Yishikuli between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1982, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yishikuli?
The windiest day measured in Yishikuli between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1940, with winds reaching 59.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yishikuli?
The warmest month in Yishikuli is July (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Yishikuli?
Yishikuli receives on average 68 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 14 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yishikuli?
Yishikuli 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 Yishikuli?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yishikuli between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1967, with 7.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yishikuli?
Yes: Yishikuli has on average 53 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yishikuli?
In Yishikuli, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 12 July 1944, and the lowest was -26.6 °C on 30 December 1974.
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