Zhouqu Chengguanzhen climate — normals and trends
Zhouqu Chengguanzhen (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 999 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 (16.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zhouqu Chengguanzhen averages 157 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 170 rainy days per year.
Zhouqu Chengguanzhen has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 162 to 152 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.3 °C (on 30 July 2010) and the coldest -32.4 °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
Zhouqu ChengguanzhenGansu
- coords
- 33.78°, 104.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.0°C
Average daily high
9.7°C
Average daily low
0.6°C
Annual rainfall
999mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
7.2km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
157 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
170 d/yr
Annual snowfall
114.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.19 · 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
27.3 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest day
-32.4 °C
11 January 2021
Wettest day
118 mm
11 July 1946
Windiest day
19.7 km/h
31 May 1946
Strongest gust
82.4 km/h
7 June 1946
Hottest feels-like
30.9 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-37.2 °C
11 January 2021
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
22 May 1946
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 | -2.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 22 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | -3.6 °C | -2.9 °C | 37 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 2.2 °C | -3.3 °C | 40 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 13.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 63 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 115 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 17.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 142 mm | +15 mm |
| Jul | 21.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 193 mm | +24 mm |
| Aug | 20.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 171 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 17.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 135 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 11.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 111 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 6.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 38 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 4.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 9 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zhouqu Chengguanzhen?
Zhouqu Chengguanzhen has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 999 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen?
The hottest day measured in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2010, reaching 27.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen?
The coldest day measured in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 2021, at -32.4 °C.
Does it snow in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen?
Yes. Zhouqu Chengguanzhen gets on average 114.8 cm of snow per year and has around 157 frost days.
Has the climate of Zhouqu Chengguanzhen warmed?
Yes: Zhouqu Chengguanzhen warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen?
The wettest day measured in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1946, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen?
The windiest day measured in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 1946, with winds reaching 19.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen?
The warmest month in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen is July (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen?
Zhouqu Chengguanzhen receives on average 999 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 170 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen?
Zhouqu Chengguanzhen gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1946, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhouqu Chengguanzhen?
In Zhouqu Chengguanzhen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.9 °C on 28 July 2010, and the lowest was -37.2 °C on 11 January 2021.
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