Yongning climate — normals and trends
Yongning (China) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 1,528 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 (14.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yongning averages 118 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 189 rainy days per year.
Yongning has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 133 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.1 °C (on 31 May 2023) and the coldest -25.2 °C (on 27 December 1982).
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
YongningYunnan
- coords
- 27.83°, 100.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
13.8°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,528mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
10.0km/h
Seasonal range
14.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
118 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
189 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.5 cm
Average feels-like high
12.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
38.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
29.1 °C
31 May 2023
Coldest day
-25.2 °C
27 December 1982
Wettest day
72 mm
9 August 2002
Windiest day
25.2 km/h
21 February 2009
Strongest gust
92.5 km/h
27 February 1976
Hottest feels-like
27.3 °C
6 July 1958
Coldest feels-like
-30.8 °C
27 December 1982
Snowiest day
19.6 cm
19 October 1956
Sunniest day
13.4 h
21 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 23 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 8.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 14 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 62 mm | +28 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 65 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 134 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 19.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 278 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 21.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 315 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 19.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 343 mm | +45 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 229 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 16.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 67 mm | -44 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 72 mm | +40 mm |
| Dec | 9.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 12 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yongning?
Yongning has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 1,528 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yongning?
The hottest day measured in Yongning between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 2023, reaching 29.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yongning?
The coldest day measured in Yongning between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1982, at -25.2 °C.
Does it snow in Yongning?
Yes. Yongning gets on average 52.5 cm of snow per year and has around 118 frost days.
Has the climate of Yongning warmed?
Yes: Yongning warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yongning?
The wettest day measured in Yongning between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2002, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yongning?
The windiest day measured in Yongning between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2009, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yongning?
The warmest month in Yongning is July (14.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Yongning?
Yongning receives on average 1,528 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 189 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yongning?
Yongning gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yongning?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yongning between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1956, with 19.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yongning?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Yongning.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yongning?
In Yongning, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.3 °C on 6 July 1958, and the lowest was -30.8 °C on 27 December 1982.
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