Lanzhou climate

Lanzhou Weather in October

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Lanzhou, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 19°C on October 1 to 12°C on October 31, and lows from 5°C to -1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 28 mm over about 9 wet days.

October day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Lanzhou, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

October at a glance

Average high
15°C
Average low
2°C
Precipitation
28 mm
Reanalysis high
28°COct 3, 2016
Reanalysis low
-7°COct 31, 2015
Daylight
11 h 50 min to 10 h 44 min
Cloud cover
54%
Humidity
61%
Dew point
-1°C
Wind
9.0 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Oct 119°C5°C26°C 2019-3°C 200436%
Oct 219°C5°C26°C 2016-2°C 200436%
Oct 318°C5°C28°C 20160°C 200136%
Oct 418°C5°C23°C 2013-2°C 199735%
Oct 518°C4°C24°C 20130°C 199735%
Oct 618°C4°C23°C 1998-1°C 199235%
Oct 717°C4°C24°C 19980°C 200735%
Oct 817°C4°C25°C 2013-1°C 200734%
Oct 917°C3°C24°C 2014-2°C 201733%
Oct 1017°C3°C23°C 2013-4°C 201731%
Oct 1116°C3°C23°C 2013-2°C 201430%
Oct 1216°C3°C20°C 1995-3°C 201428%
Oct 1316°C3°C21°C 2006-1°C 201428%
Oct 1416°C3°C23°C 2006-2°C 200328%
Oct 1516°C2°C24°C 2015-2°C 201329%
Oct 1615°C2°C25°C 2002-3°C 201228%
Oct 1715°C2°C21°C 2000-2°C 201226%
Oct 1815°C2°C22°C 1996-3°C 199426%
Oct 1915°C1°C22°C 2015-6°C 199424%
Oct 2015°C1°C24°C 1996-6°C 199424%
Oct 2114°C1°C20°C 2008-5°C 199222%
Oct 2214°C1°C21°C 2000-6°C 199222%
Oct 2314°C0°C20°C 2001-6°C 199221%
Oct 2414°C0°C20°C 2014-5°C 199220%
Oct 2514°C0°C19°C 2014-5°C 201020%
Oct 2613°C0°C19°C 2014-5°C 201019%
Oct 2713°C-1°C18°C 1996-5°C 201018%
Oct 2813°C-1°C19°C 1996-6°C 199317%
Oct 2913°C-1°C18°C 2009-6°C 200016%
Oct 3013°C-1°C19°C 2011-5°C 201515%
Oct 3112°C-1°C17°C 2003-7°C 201514%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Lanzhou, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

October 1
sunrise 6:59 AM, sunset 6:49 PM
October 31
sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 6:10 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.