Yuanping climate — normals and trends
Yuanping (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 619 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 (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Yuanping averages 161 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Yuanping has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 172 to 150 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 21 July 1945) and the coldest -33.8 °C (on 2 March 1951).
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
YuanpingShanxi
- coords
- 38.72°, 112.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.9°C
Average daily high
14.1°C
Average daily low
1.9°C
Annual rainfall
619mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
31.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
161 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
29.0 cm
Average feels-like high
12.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
36.6 °C
21 July 1945
Coldest day
-33.8 °C
2 March 1951
Wettest day
206 mm
23 July 1946
Windiest day
40.2 km/h
28 April 1983
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
2 May 1982
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-39.0 °C
1 March 1951
Snowiest day
20.9 cm
9 April 1957
Sunniest day
14.6 h
22 June 1957
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 2.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 10.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 25 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 19.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 18 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 22.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 56 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 75 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 27.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 156 mm | +18 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 184 mm | +38 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 43 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | -1.6 °C | 149 mm | +111 mm |
| Nov | 9.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 17 mm | -0 mm |
| Dec | 2.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 8 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yuanping?
Yuanping has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 619 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yuanping?
The hottest day measured in Yuanping between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1945, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yuanping?
The coldest day measured in Yuanping between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1951, at -33.8 °C.
Does it snow in Yuanping?
Yes. Yuanping gets on average 29.0 cm of snow per year and has around 161 frost days.
Has the climate of Yuanping warmed?
Yes: Yuanping warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yuanping?
The wettest day measured in Yuanping between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1946, with 206 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yuanping?
The windiest day measured in Yuanping between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1983, with winds reaching 40.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yuanping?
The warmest month in Yuanping is July (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Yuanping?
Yuanping receives on average 619 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yuanping?
Yuanping gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yuanping?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yuanping between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1957, with 20.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yuanping?
Yes: Yuanping has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yuanping?
In Yuanping, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -39.0 °C on 1 March 1951.
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