Yulin climate — normals and trends
Yulin (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 561 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 (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Yulin averages 144 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 67 rainy days per year.
Yulin 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 153 to 135 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 20 July 1945) and the coldest -33.6 °C (on 10 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
YulinShaanxi
- coords
- 38.29°, 109.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
14.8°C
Average daily low
3.4°C
Annual rainfall
561mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
20.5km/h
Seasonal range
31.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
144 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
67 d/yr
Annual snowfall
22.4 cm
Average feels-like high
11.6 °C
Average feels-like low
0.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
15 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
39.2 °C
20 July 1945
Coldest day
-33.6 °C
10 January 1955
Wettest day
160 mm
28 July 1947
Windiest day
59.8 km/h
28 April 1983
Strongest gust
105.1 km/h
26 April 2010
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
25 July 1999
Coldest feels-like
-39.6 °C
10 January 1955
Snowiest day
10.7 cm
29 November 2011
Sunniest day
14.2 h
24 June 1940
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 | +3.1 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 2.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 32 mm | +12 mm |
| Apr | 21.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 4 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 25.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 16 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 29.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 47 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 28.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 289 mm | +167 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 215 mm | +81 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 48 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 116 mm | +80 mm |
| Nov | 8.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 15 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 2.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 8 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yulin?
Yulin has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 561 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yulin?
The hottest day measured in Yulin between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1945, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yulin?
The coldest day measured in Yulin between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1955, at -33.6 °C.
Does it snow in Yulin?
Yes. Yulin gets on average 22.4 cm of snow per year and has around 144 frost days.
Has the climate of Yulin warmed?
Yes: Yulin warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yulin?
The wettest day measured in Yulin between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1947, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yulin?
The windiest day measured in Yulin between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1983, with winds reaching 59.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yulin?
The warmest month in Yulin is July (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Yulin?
Yulin receives on average 561 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yulin?
Yulin 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 Yulin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yulin between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 2011, with 10.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yulin?
Yes: Yulin has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yulin?
In Yulin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 25 July 1999, and the lowest was -39.6 °C on 10 January 1955.
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