Yongping climate — normals and trends
Yongping (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 767 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 (19.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yongping averages 126 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Yongping has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 133 to 119 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 6 July 2022) and the coldest -26.7 °C (on 13 December 1975).
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
YongpingGansu
- coords
- 34.29°, 105.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
13.2°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
767mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.7 cm
Average feels-like high
11.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
32.6 °C
6 July 2022
Coldest day
-26.7 °C
13 December 1975
Wettest day
116 mm
26 July 1946
Windiest day
54.2 km/h
31 May 1946
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
22 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
34.7 °C
13 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-31.9 °C
13 December 1975
Snowiest day
12.9 cm
18 November 1961
Sunniest day
14.0 h
31 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 26 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 0.8 °C | -2.1 °C | 29 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 9.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 15 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 15 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 74 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 98 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 25.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 116 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 25.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 120 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 20.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 121 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 145 mm | +77 mm |
| Nov | 8.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 20 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 11 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yongping?
Yongping has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 767 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yongping?
The hottest day measured in Yongping between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2022, reaching 32.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yongping?
The coldest day measured in Yongping between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1975, at -26.7 °C.
Does it snow in Yongping?
Yes. Yongping gets on average 52.7 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Yongping warmed?
Yes: Yongping warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yongping?
The wettest day measured in Yongping between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1946, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yongping?
The windiest day measured in Yongping between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1946, with winds reaching 54.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yongping?
The warmest month in Yongping is July (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Yongping?
Yongping receives on average 767 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yongping?
Yongping gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yongping?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yongping between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1961, with 12.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yongping?
Yes: Yongping has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yongping?
In Yongping, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 13 July 2021, and the lowest was -31.9 °C on 13 December 1975.
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