Yongqing climate — normals and trends
Yongqing (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 890 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yongqing averages 136 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Yongqing 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 146 to 126 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.7 °C (on 31 July 2021) and the coldest -27.4 °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
YongqingGansu
- coords
- 34.75°, 106.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
3.3°C
Annual rainfall
890mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
136 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.8 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
30.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
31.7 °C
31 July 2021
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
13 December 1975
Wettest day
142 mm
23 August 1946
Windiest day
37.4 km/h
1 June 1946
Strongest gust
80.6 km/h
28 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
34.7 °C
31 July 1999
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
13 December 1975
Snowiest day
15.5 cm
31 October 1953
Sunniest day
14.0 h
3 June 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 | +2.7 °C | 18 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | 2.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 16 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 8.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 16 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 17.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 20 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 42 mm | -43 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 97 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 25.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 139 mm | -24 mm |
| Aug | 23.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 151 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 166 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 206 mm | +128 mm |
| Nov | 7.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 19 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 3.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 20 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yongqing?
Yongqing has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 890 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yongqing?
The hottest day measured in Yongqing between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2021, reaching 31.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yongqing?
The coldest day measured in Yongqing between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1975, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Yongqing?
Yes. Yongqing gets on average 62.8 cm of snow per year and has around 136 frost days.
Has the climate of Yongqing warmed?
Yes: Yongqing warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yongqing?
The wettest day measured in Yongqing between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1946, with 142 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yongqing?
The windiest day measured in Yongqing between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1946, with winds reaching 37.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yongqing?
The warmest month in Yongqing is July (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Yongqing?
Yongqing receives on average 890 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yongqing?
Yongqing gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yongqing?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yongqing between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1953, with 15.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yongqing?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Yongqing.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yongqing?
In Yongqing, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 31 July 1999, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 13 December 1975.
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