Qilian climate

Qilian Weather in December

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

Average highs run from -4°C on December 1 to -7°C on December 31, and lows from -18°C to -21°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 mm over about 0 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Qilian, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-6°C
Average low
-20°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
3°CDec 15, 1991
Reanalysis low
-33°CDec 12, 2014
Daylight
9 h 43 min to 9 h 34 min
Cloud cover
43%
Humidity
53%
Dew point
-22°C
Wind
14.0 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
Dec 1-4°C-18°C1°C 1999-25°C 19970%
Dec 2-4°C-18°C-1°C 2010-24°C 20190%
Dec 3-4°C-19°C1°C 1998-24°C 20000%
Dec 4-5°C-19°C1°C 2010-25°C 20080%
Dec 5-5°C-19°C0°C 2006-24°C 19960%
Dec 6-5°C-19°C2°C 1994-25°C 20140%
Dec 7-5°C-19°C3°C 1993-25°C 20140%
Dec 8-5°C-19°C3°C 2016-25°C 19970%
Dec 9-5°C-19°C1°C 2016-26°C 20140%
Dec 10-5°C-19°C2°C 2016-29°C 20140%
Dec 11-6°C-19°C3°C 2016-31°C 20140%
Dec 12-6°C-20°C1°C 2002-33°C 20140%
Dec 13-6°C-20°C2°C 2002-27°C 20140%
Dec 14-6°C-20°C2°C 1991-28°C 20140%
Dec 15-6°C-20°C3°C 1991-31°C 20140%
Dec 16-6°C-20°C1°C 1991-28°C 20140%
Dec 17-6°C-20°C3°C 1991-26°C 20140%
Dec 18-6°C-20°C2°C 1991-27°C 20140%
Dec 19-6°C-20°C2°C 1991-26°C 20150%
Dec 20-6°C-20°C1°C 1991-25°C 20050%
Dec 21-6°C-20°C0°C 1991-27°C 20140%
Dec 22-6°C-20°C-1°C 2006-28°C 20120%
Dec 23-6°C-20°C-1°C 2001-27°C 20120%
Dec 24-7°C-20°C-1°C 2007-23°C 20020%
Dec 25-7°C-21°C-1°C 1993-25°C 20100%
Dec 26-7°C-21°C-1°C 1993-27°C 19910%
Dec 27-7°C-21°C0°C 2017-30°C 19910%
Dec 28-7°C-21°C-1°C 1993-27°C 20140%
Dec 29-7°C-21°C-4°C 1996-30°C 20120%
Dec 30-7°C-21°C-4°C 2005-29°C 20040%
Dec 31-7°C-21°C-4°C 1995-25°C 20130%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Qilian, in percent.00.10.20.30.41102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 8:16 AM, sunset 5:59 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:35 AM, sunset 6:09 PM

Every day of December: 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.