Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bole
Bole climate by month
Cold desert · BWkBest Apr–May · Sep
Annual mean8°day and night
Seasonal swing36°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation183 mm55 wet days a year
44.89° N, 82.07° EElevation 509 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goBole · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Sep
October: high / low14° / 4°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bole has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 31° and nights 18°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -7° and lows of -15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 36°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 183 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (25 mm, 7 wet days) and December the driest (8 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 24% in August to 39% in May.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Bole is 1.1° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · July
- Coldest nights
- -15° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- August · 24% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 35 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 49 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -7° | -3° | 6° | 17° | 24° | 29° | 31° | 29° | 23° | 14° | 3° | -5° |
| Average low | -15° | -12° | -3° | 4° | 11° | 16° | 18° | 17° | 12° | 4° | -4° | -12° |
| Precipitation | 5 mm | 6 mm | 9 mm | 19 mm | 29 mm | 25 mm | 26 mm | 17 mm | 17 mm | 14 mm | 8 mm | 8 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3 | 3 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 2.9 |
| Cloud cover | 34% | 35% | 37% | 37% | 39% | 39% | 31% | 24% | 24% | 28% | 33% | 35% |
| Daylight | 9h 09 | 10h 25 | 11h 51 | 13h 28 | 14h 49 | 15h 35 | 15h 17 | 14h 07 | 12h 35 | 11h 02 | 9h 36 | 8h 49 |
| Month score | 49 | 49 | 47 | 79 | 81 | 64 | 60 | 71 | 92 | 67 | 46 | 49 |
ivMonth by month
Bole in every month
January49
-7° / -15°
5 mm · 3 wet days
February49
-3° / -12°
6 mm · 3 wet days
March47
6° / -3°
9 mm · 3.4 wet days
April79
17° / 4°
19 mm · 6.3 wet days
May81
24° / 11°
29 mm · 6.4 wet days
June64
29° / 16°
25 mm · 6.8 wet days
July60
31° / 18°
26 mm · 6.5 wet days
August71
29° / 17°
17 mm · 4.3 wet days
September92
23° / 12°
17 mm · 3.5 wet days
October67
14° / 4°
14 mm · 4.1 wet days
November46
3° / -4°
8 mm · 4.5 wet days
December49
-5° / -12°
8 mm · 2.9 wet days