Climate
Hailar experiences a subarctic climate. Winters are long, very dry and severe, due to the semi−permanent Siberian High, while summers are short, though very warm, and rather wet, due to the East Asian monsoon. Monthly averages range from −25.1 °C (−13.2 °F) in January to 20.0 °C (68 °F) in July, with an annual mean of −0.96 °C (30.3 °F). Sunny weather dominates year round, though the vast majority of the year's rainfall occurs during summer, with some snow in winter.
| Climate data for Hailar District (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −19.2 (−2.6) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.8 (78.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−16.1 (3.0) |
5.5 (41.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −30 (−22) |
−26.9 (−16.4) |
−16.9 (1.6) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
3.5 (38.3) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−26.2 (−15.2) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 3.4 (0.134) |
2.9 (0.114) |
4.6 (0.181) |
12.4 (0.488) |
22.5 (0.886) |
63.2 (2.488) |
101.8 (4.008) |
91.8 (3.614) |
38.3 (1.508) |
15.8 (0.622) |
5.1 (0.201) |
5.5 (0.217) |
367.3 (14.461) |
| % humidity | 79 | 79 | 69 | 53 | 46 | 61 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 63 | 74 | 80 | 68.0 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 12.9 | 14.5 | 12.4 | 9.5 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 9.6 | 104.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 167.0 | 195.6 | 244.1 | 246.2 | 298.0 | 285.9 | 279.8 | 268.7 | 218.6 | 210.1 | 165.3 | 139.4 | 2,718.7 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
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