Zhongzhai climate — normals and trends
Zhongzhai (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 1,032 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zhongzhai averages 136 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 169 rainy days per year.
Zhongzhai has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 141 to 131 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.2 °C (on 6 July 2022) and the coldest -30.6 °C (on 11 January 2021).
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
ZhongzhaiGansu
- coords
- 33.19°, 104.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
2.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,032mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
7.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
136 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
169 d/yr
Annual snowfall
69.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.7 °C
Average feels-like low
0.8 °C
Average peak gust
30.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · 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
28.2 °C
6 July 2022
Coldest day
-30.6 °C
11 January 2021
Wettest day
147 mm
15 July 1946
Windiest day
18.7 km/h
28 May 1946
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
17 July 1946
Hottest feels-like
32.1 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-35.4 °C
11 January 2021
Snowiest day
10.7 cm
28 October 2007
Sunniest day
14.0 h
29 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 19 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | -1.3 °C | -2.9 °C | 31 mm | +14 mm |
| Mar | 5.0 °C | -2.6 °C | 52 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 14.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 54 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 94 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 19.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 129 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 177 mm | -21 mm |
| Aug | 21.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 196 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 156 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 12.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 135 mm | +51 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 28 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 4.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 8 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhongzhai?
Zhongzhai has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 1,032 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhongzhai?
The hottest day measured in Zhongzhai between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2022, reaching 28.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhongzhai?
The coldest day measured in Zhongzhai between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 2021, at -30.6 °C.
Does it snow in Zhongzhai?
Yes. Zhongzhai gets on average 69.5 cm of snow per year and has around 136 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhongzhai warmed?
Yes: Zhongzhai warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhongzhai?
The wettest day measured in Zhongzhai between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1946, with 147 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhongzhai?
The windiest day measured in Zhongzhai between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1946, with winds reaching 18.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhongzhai?
The warmest month in Zhongzhai is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhongzhai?
Zhongzhai receives on average 1,032 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 169 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhongzhai?
Zhongzhai gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zhongzhai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhongzhai between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2007, with 10.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhongzhai?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zhongzhai.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhongzhai?
In Zhongzhai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.1 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -35.4 °C on 11 January 2021.
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