Zhangye climate

Zhangye Weather in January

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

Average highs run from -1°C on January 1 to 0°C on January 31, and lows from -11°C to -10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 mm over about 0 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Zhangye, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-1°C
Average low
-11°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
14°CJan 30, 2014
Reanalysis low
-21°CJan 18, 1998
Daylight
9 h 30 min to 10 h 12 min
Cloud cover
47%
Humidity
46%
Dew point
-17°C
Wind
8.6 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
Jan 1-1°C-11°C10°C 2016-17°C 20130%
Jan 2-1°C-11°C7°C 2000-19°C 20130%
Jan 3-1°C-11°C9°C 2015-17°C 20130%
Jan 4-1°C-11°C7°C 2008-17°C 20110%
Jan 5-1°C-11°C6°C 2019-19°C 20111%
Jan 6-1°C-11°C6°C 2002-19°C 20061%
Jan 7-1°C-11°C9°C 2010-18°C 20061%
Jan 8-1°C-11°C4°C 2002-19°C 20111%
Jan 9-1°C-11°C9°C 2000-19°C 20111%
Jan 10-1°C-11°C11°C 2002-17°C 20111%
Jan 11-2°C-11°C7°C 1997-17°C 20092%
Jan 12-2°C-11°C8°C 2015-18°C 20112%
Jan 13-2°C-11°C3°C 2013-17°C 20112%
Jan 14-2°C-11°C8°C 2018-20°C 20112%
Jan 15-2°C-11°C8°C 1997-19°C 20112%
Jan 16-2°C-11°C9°C 1991-19°C 20112%
Jan 17-2°C-11°C10°C 2001-20°C 20112%
Jan 18-2°C-11°C8°C 2003-21°C 19982%
Jan 19-2°C-11°C9°C 1997-18°C 19982%
Jan 20-2°C-11°C11°C 2003-17°C 19942%
Jan 21-2°C-11°C8°C 2014-19°C 20102%
Jan 22-2°C-11°C5°C 2003-20°C 20092%
Jan 23-2°C-11°C8°C 2017-20°C 20082%
Jan 24-1°C-11°C10°C 2017-20°C 20082%
Jan 25-1°C-11°C7°C 2015-19°C 20081%
Jan 26-1°C-11°C11°C 2014-21°C 20082%
Jan 27-1°C-11°C7°C 2006-19°C 20081%
Jan 28-1°C-11°C10°C 2014-19°C 20181%
Jan 290°C-11°C7°C 1993-20°C 20081%
Jan 300°C-10°C14°C 2014-20°C 20081%
Jan 310°C-10°C12°C 2014-18°C 20082%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Zhangye, in percent.00.511.521102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 8:37 AM, sunset 6:07 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:26 AM, sunset 6:38 PM

Every day of January: 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.