Climate
The summit of Mount Emei has an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), with long, cold (but not severely so) winters, and short, cool summers. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from −5.7 °C (21.7 °F) in January to 11.6 °C (52.9 °F), and an annual mean of 3.07 °C (37.5 °F). Precipitation is common year-round, but due to the influence of the monsoon, rainfall is especially heavy in summer, and more than 70% of the annual total occurs from June to September.
| Climate data for Mount Emei (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) |
0.4 (32.7) |
4.1 (39.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
1.6 (34.9) |
7.46 (45.42) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −9.2 (15.4) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
3.6 (38.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.5 (41.9) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
0.24 (32.44) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.2 (−2.6) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
−17.2 (1.0) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
2.1 (35.8) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
−19.7 (−3.5) |
−19.7 (−3.5) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 15.4 (0.606) |
23.8 (0.937) |
50.3 (1.98) |
112.1 (4.413) |
161.6 (6.362) |
220.1 (8.665) |
366.5 (14.429) |
428.4 (16.866) |
210.8 (8.299) |
101.4 (3.992) |
42.8 (1.685) |
16.0 (0.63) |
1,749.2 (68.866) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 16.9 | 19.1 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 23.2 | 23.6 | 22.7 | 21.9 | 23.8 | 24.7 | 20.0 | 15.1 | 255.6 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
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