Qilian climate

Qilian Weather in October

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 9°C on October 1 to 2°C on October 31, and lows from -5°C to -12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 9 mm over about 3 wet days.

October 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.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

October at a glance

Average high
5°C
Average low
-8°C
Precipitation
9 mm
Reanalysis high
14°COct 11, 2013
Reanalysis low
-17°COct 30, 2007
Daylight
11 h 49 min to 10 h 37 min
Cloud cover
46%
Humidity
57%
Dew point
-11°C
Wind
10.1 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 19°C-5°C12°C 2019-7°C 201522%
Oct 29°C-5°C13°C 2016-9°C 199120%
Oct 39°C-5°C12°C 2007-9°C 199118%
Oct 48°C-5°C12°C 2007-9°C 199617%
Oct 58°C-5°C13°C 2000-9°C 199615%
Oct 68°C-5°C14°C 2000-7°C 201814%
Oct 77°C-6°C14°C 2000-8°C 201615%
Oct 87°C-6°C13°C 2000-8°C 201815%
Oct 97°C-6°C11°C 2014-8°C 201813%
Oct 107°C-6°C13°C 2013-9°C 201413%
Oct 116°C-6°C14°C 2013-12°C 199412%
Oct 126°C-6°C11°C 2001-10°C 199412%
Oct 136°C-6°C9°C 2013-8°C 200511%
Oct 146°C-7°C9°C 1991-11°C 201110%
Oct 155°C-7°C12°C 2015-11°C 201110%
Oct 165°C-7°C11°C 2002-12°C 199910%
Oct 175°C-7°C10°C 2002-13°C 201210%
Oct 185°C-8°C10°C 1996-13°C 19949%
Oct 194°C-8°C10°C 2015-15°C 19948%
Oct 204°C-8°C12°C 2015-15°C 19949%
Oct 214°C-8°C8°C 2015-15°C 19928%
Oct 224°C-9°C8°C 2006-14°C 19927%
Oct 234°C-9°C8°C 2015-16°C 20027%
Oct 243°C-9°C7°C 2020-13°C 20077%
Oct 253°C-10°C7°C 2001-14°C 19987%
Oct 263°C-10°C6°C 2014-16°C 20107%
Oct 273°C-10°C7°C 2003-17°C 20106%
Oct 282°C-11°C6°C 2001-17°C 19936%
Oct 292°C-11°C7°C 2020-17°C 19936%
Oct 302°C-11°C5°C 1996-17°C 20076%
Oct 312°C-12°C5°C 2011-17°C 20006%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Qilian, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

October 1
sunrise 7:14 AM, sunset 7:03 PM
October 31
sunrise 7:44 AM, sunset 6:21 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.