Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Xiaoshi
Xiaoshi climate by month
Monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental · DwaBest Apr–May · Sep
Annual mean7°day and night
Seasonal swing36°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation768 mm96 wet days a year
41.30° N, 124.12° EElevation 206 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goXiaoshi · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Sep
October: high / low14° / 4°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Xiaoshi has a monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwa): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 27° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -7° and lows of -20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 36°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 768 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (206 mm, 18 wet days) and January the driest (8 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 22% in January to 47% in July.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Xiaoshi is 5° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · July
- Coldest nights
- -20° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 22% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 08 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 13 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° | -2° | 6° | 14° | 20° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 22° | 14° | 4° | -4° |
| Average low | -20° | -15° | -6° | 3° | 10° | 16° | 20° | 19° | 12° | 4° | -6° | -15° |
| Precipitation | 8 mm | 11 mm | 20 mm | 44 mm | 63 mm | 103 mm | 206 mm | 176 mm | 61 mm | 41 mm | 24 mm | 11 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 9.2 | 14.4 | 17.7 | 14.7 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 6 | 2.9 |
| Cloud cover | 22% | 26% | 30% | 35% | 38% | 42% | 47% | 41% | 31% | 27% | 27% | 24% |
| Daylight | 9h 31 | 10h 37 | 11h 52 | 13h 17 | 14h 29 | 15h 08 | 14h 53 | 13h 52 | 12h 32 | 11h 10 | 9h 54 | 9h 13 |
| Month score | 53 | 50 | 48 | 62 | 75 | 62 | 52 | 55 | 80 | 62 | 44 | 51 |
ivMonth by month
Xiaoshi in every month
January53
-7° / -20°
8 mm · 2 wet days
February50
-2° / -15°
11 mm · 3.3 wet days
March48
6° / -6°
20 mm · 4.1 wet days
April62
14° / 3°
44 mm · 6.6 wet days
May75
20° / 10°
63 mm · 9.2 wet days
June62
25° / 16°
103 mm · 14.4 wet days
July52
27° / 20°
206 mm · 17.7 wet days
August55
27° / 19°
176 mm · 14.7 wet days
September80
22° / 12°
61 mm · 8.1 wet days
October62
14° / 4°
41 mm · 7.2 wet days
November44
4° / -6°
24 mm · 6 wet days
December51
-4° / -15°
11 mm · 2.9 wet days