Zhongwei climate — normals and trends
Zhongwei (China) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 287 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 (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Zhongwei averages 134 frost days, 49 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 45 rainy days per year.
Zhongwei has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 141 to 127 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 24 July 2000) and the coldest -27.3 °C (on 28 December 1991).
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
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- coords
- 37.51°, 105.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
16.5°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
287mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
47%
Average peak wind
19.3km/h
Seasonal range
30.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
134 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
49 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
45 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
22 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · 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
40.6 °C
24 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
28 December 1991
Wettest day
159 mm
1 July 1946
Windiest day
58.4 km/h
1 June 1946
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
3 May 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
28 December 1991
Snowiest day
9.6 cm
28 February 1948
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 6 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 7 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 21.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 3 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 13 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 17 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 32.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 53 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 28.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 98 mm | +32 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 52 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 14.4 °C | -2.2 °C | 56 mm | +36 mm |
| Nov | 10.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 5 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 5 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhongwei?
Zhongwei has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 287 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhongwei?
The hottest day measured in Zhongwei between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2000, reaching 40.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhongwei?
The coldest day measured in Zhongwei between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1991, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Zhongwei?
Yes. Zhongwei gets on average 14.3 cm of snow per year and has around 134 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhongwei warmed?
Yes: Zhongwei warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhongwei?
The wettest day measured in Zhongwei between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1946, with 159 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhongwei?
The windiest day measured in Zhongwei between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1946, with winds reaching 58.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhongwei?
The warmest month in Zhongwei is July (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhongwei?
Zhongwei receives on average 287 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 45 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhongwei?
Zhongwei gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zhongwei?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhongwei between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1948, with 9.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhongwei?
Yes: Zhongwei has on average 22 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhongwei?
In Zhongwei, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 30 July 2010, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 28 December 1991.
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