Yongji climate — normals and trends
Yongji (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 843 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 (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yongji averages 87 frost days, 68 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Yongji has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 99 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.1 °C (on 17 June 2006) and the coldest -20.7 °C (on 9 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
YongjiShanxi
- coords
- 34.87°, 110.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.0°C
Average daily high
19.1°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
843mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
10.7km/h
Seasonal range
27.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
68 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
21.6 cm
Average feels-like high
18.4 °C
Average feels-like low
8.4 °C
Average peak gust
29.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
69 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
42.1 °C
17 June 2006
Coldest day
-20.7 °C
9 January 1955
Wettest day
164 mm
30 July 1946
Windiest day
35.3 km/h
26 April 2010
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
26 April 2010
Hottest feels-like
45.4 °C
12 July 1959
Coldest feels-like
-26.5 °C
9 January 1955
Snowiest day
14.6 cm
11 November 2009
Sunniest day
14.0 h
23 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 27 mm | +18 mm |
| Feb | 8.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 3 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 16.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 38 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 26.0 °C | +4.7 °C | 6 mm | -49 mm |
| May | 28.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 22 mm | -54 mm |
| Jun | 31.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 50 mm | -37 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 128 mm | -43 mm |
| Aug | 31.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 149 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | -1.4 °C | 289 mm | +164 mm |
| Oct | 16.8 °C | -2.5 °C | 218 mm | +146 mm |
| Nov | 14.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 12 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 11 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yongji?
Yongji has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 843 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yongji?
The hottest day measured in Yongji between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 2006, reaching 42.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yongji?
The coldest day measured in Yongji between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1955, at -20.7 °C.
Does it snow in Yongji?
Yes. Yongji gets on average 21.6 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Yongji warmed?
Yes: Yongji warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yongji?
The wettest day measured in Yongji between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1946, with 164 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yongji?
The windiest day measured in Yongji between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 2010, with winds reaching 35.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yongji?
The warmest month in Yongji is July (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Yongji?
Yongji receives on average 843 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yongji?
Yongji 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 Yongji?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yongji between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 2009, with 14.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yongji?
Yes: Yongji has on average 69 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yongji?
In Yongji, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 12 July 1959, and the lowest was -26.5 °C on 9 January 1955.
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