Qilian climate

Qilian Weather in January

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 -7°C on January 1 to -6°C on January 31, and lows from -21°C to -21°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 Qilian, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-7°C
Average low
-21°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
3°CJan 23, 2014
Reanalysis low
-31°CJan 23, 2016
Daylight
9 h 34 min to 10 h 15 min
Cloud cover
48%
Humidity
55%
Dew point
-23°C
Wind
13.3 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 1-7°C-21°C-1°C 1997-24°C 20040%
Jan 2-7°C-21°C0°C 2005-25°C 19920%
Jan 3-7°C-21°C1°C 1999-24°C 20120%
Jan 4-7°C-21°C-3°C 2015-27°C 19980%
Jan 5-7°C-21°C-2°C 1997-25°C 20070%
Jan 6-7°C-21°C-3°C 2002-26°C 20060%
Jan 7-7°C-21°C-3°C 2002-26°C 20180%
Jan 8-7°C-21°C-2°C 1998-29°C 20180%
Jan 9-7°C-21°C0°C 2008-28°C 20180%
Jan 10-7°C-21°C0°C 2002-27°C 20181%
Jan 11-7°C-21°C2°C 2002-28°C 20111%
Jan 12-7°C-22°C-1°C 2002-27°C 20101%
Jan 13-8°C-22°C-1°C 2002-27°C 20111%
Jan 14-8°C-22°C0°C 2020-28°C 20111%
Jan 15-8°C-22°C-3°C 2010-29°C 20111%
Jan 16-8°C-22°C-2°C 2010-26°C 20071%
Jan 17-8°C-22°C-2°C 2001-29°C 20112%
Jan 18-8°C-22°C0°C 2013-28°C 20152%
Jan 19-8°C-22°C0°C 1997-27°C 19982%
Jan 20-7°C-22°C1°C 2003-27°C 20022%
Jan 21-7°C-22°C-3°C 2014-28°C 20192%
Jan 22-7°C-22°C2°C 2014-29°C 20162%
Jan 23-7°C-22°C3°C 2014-31°C 20162%
Jan 24-7°C-22°C-3°C 2017-30°C 20162%
Jan 25-7°C-21°C3°C 2017-29°C 20161%
Jan 26-7°C-21°C-1°C 2014-29°C 19961%
Jan 27-7°C-21°C2°C 2017-27°C 20031%
Jan 28-6°C-21°C0°C 2006-29°C 20111%
Jan 29-6°C-21°C-1°C 1998-27°C 20081%
Jan 30-6°C-21°C2°C 2014-29°C 20081%
Jan 31-6°C-21°C3°C 1992-28°C 20181%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 8:36 AM, sunset 6:10 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:25 AM, sunset 6:40 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.