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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Linshui
Linshui climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Mar–Apr · Oct
Annual mean14°day and night
Seasonal swing27°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation556 mm70 wet days a year
36.42° N, 114.20° EElevation 138 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goLinshui · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Oct
October: high / low21° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Linshui has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 32° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 5° and lows of -6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 27°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 556 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (155 mm, 15 wet days) and January the driest (5 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 23% in December to 41% in July.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Linshui is 0.5° cooler on a June afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · June
- Coldest nights
- -6° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 23% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 38 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 42 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 | 5° | 9° | 15° | 23° | 27° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 26° | 21° | 14° | 7° |
| Average low | -6° | -3° | 2° | 9° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 21° | 16° | 10° | 2° | -4° |
| Precipitation | 5 mm | 8 mm | 17 mm | 22 mm | 46 mm | 60 mm | 155 mm | 139 mm | 56 mm | 29 mm | 14 mm | 5 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 6 | 9.3 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 8.4 | 4 | 3.2 | 1.4 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 31% | 36% | 36% | 38% | 39% | 41% | 36% | 36% | 31% | 25% | 23% |
| Daylight | 9h 56 | 10h 51 | 11h 55 | 13h 06 | 14h 05 | 14h 38 | 14h 25 | 13h 35 | 12h 27 | 11h 19 | 10h 16 | 9h 42 |
| Month score | 56 | 52 | 76 | 86 | 72 | 47 | 36 | 47 | 73 | 90 | 70 | 55 |
ivMonth by month
Linshui in every month
January56
5° / -6°
5 mm · 0.9 wet day
February52
9° / -3°
8 mm · 2.3 wet days
March76
15° / 2°
17 mm · 1.8 wet days
April86
23° / 9°
22 mm · 4.7 wet days
May72
27° / 15°
46 mm · 6 wet days
June47
32° / 20°
60 mm · 9.3 wet days
July36
31° / 23°
155 mm · 14.6 wet days
August47
30° / 21°
139 mm · 13.4 wet days
September73
26° / 16°
56 mm · 8.4 wet days
October90
21° / 10°
29 mm · 4 wet days
November70
14° / 2°
14 mm · 3.2 wet days
December55
7° / -4°
5 mm · 1.4 wet day