Xining climate

Xining Weather in August

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

Average highs run from 25°C on August 1 to 21°C on August 31, and lows from 11°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 96 mm over about 16 wet days.

August day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Xining, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
23°C
Average low
9°C
Precipitation
96 mm
Reanalysis high
32°CAug 17, 2016
Reanalysis low
2°CAug 31, 1993
Daylight
14 h 01 min to 13 h 00 min
Cloud cover
70%
Humidity
63%
Dew point
7°C
Wind
8.3 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
Aug 125°C11°C31°C 20106°C 200049%
Aug 225°C11°C31°C 19997°C 199648%
Aug 325°C10°C31°C 19946°C 200348%
Aug 425°C10°C30°C 20137°C 199249%
Aug 525°C10°C32°C 20138°C 201149%
Aug 624°C10°C31°C 20068°C 201149%
Aug 724°C10°C30°C 20068°C 199849%
Aug 824°C10°C30°C 20167°C 201350%
Aug 924°C10°C31°C 20166°C 200851%
Aug 1024°C10°C31°C 20066°C 200952%
Aug 1124°C10°C30°C 20116°C 200353%
Aug 1224°C10°C31°C 20115°C 200852%
Aug 1323°C9°C30°C 20135°C 200852%
Aug 1423°C9°C31°C 20134°C 201452%
Aug 1523°C9°C29°C 20015°C 199750%
Aug 1623°C9°C30°C 19965°C 199550%
Aug 1723°C9°C32°C 20165°C 201551%
Aug 1823°C9°C28°C 20134°C 199751%
Aug 1923°C9°C27°C 20135°C 200150%
Aug 2023°C8°C28°C 19915°C 200151%
Aug 2123°C8°C30°C 19915°C 199250%
Aug 2222°C8°C30°C 19915°C 199250%
Aug 2322°C8°C27°C 19965°C 201551%
Aug 2422°C8°C28°C 19975°C 199950%
Aug 2522°C8°C28°C 19975°C 199251%
Aug 2622°C8°C29°C 19974°C 199951%
Aug 2722°C8°C27°C 19945°C 199951%
Aug 2822°C8°C28°C 20103°C 200951%
Aug 2921°C8°C27°C 20113°C 199152%
Aug 3021°C7°C28°C 20112°C 200853%
Aug 3121°C7°C28°C 20022°C 199352%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Xining, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

August 1
sunrise 6:19 AM, sunset 8:20 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:43 AM, sunset 7:43 PM

Every day of August: 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.