Gonghe Air Base

CN-0117 · Qinghai, China

Climate Gonghe Air Base 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport (ZLLL) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 73.9 84 89 82 59 88
February 80.7 96 48 54 78 97
March 83.3 86 87 86 77 65
April 84.1 86 63 78 81
May 90.7 93 92 88 91
June 96.3 97 97 98 93
July 94.7 95 98 95 100
August 90.9 97 95 90 96
September 90.4 75 90 97 94
October 85.5 87 89 93 82
November 80.4 81 88 88 85
December 75.5 73 92 54 77
Average 86.3 88.5 85.0 86.0 84.7 87.6

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 90.2 95 97 97 90 94
February 91.3 99 69 76 91 100
March 93.1 93 97 90 93 79
April 94.4 92 88 93 95
May 97.0 98 99 93 97
June 99.0 99 99 99 98
July 98.8 99 99 99 100
August 97.7 99 98 100 99
September 97.3 92 98 99 99
October 96.3 97 99 99 96
November 93.6 95 97 97 97
December 93.7 88 100 94 99
Average 95.3 95.6 93.8 95.0 95.8 95.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.2 0.6 1.7 -1.5 1.5 -1.4
February 3.5 2.6 1.5 2.7 0.4 8.3
March 11.3 8.3 11.0 12.4 13.5 12.6
April 15.9 16.6 14.0 16.6 13.6
May 21.0 23.6 19.8 21.6 21.1
June 24.8 24.6 25.3 27.1 24.5
July 27.3 28.0 28.3 27.6 29.3
August 24.9 26.6 26.8 24.6 25.5
September 20.4 19.3 21.8 21.6 22.0
October 13.5 14.5 14.5 14.5 12.1
November 7.3 8.0 8.0 8.5 5.9
December 0.4 -1.3 2.6 -2.5 1.7
Average 13.2 3.8 14.6 14.7 15.2 14.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -16.6 -15.1 -15.8 -16.0 -14.4 -18.6
February -12.6 -10.0 -11.4 -11.6 -13.0 -10.9
March -4.4 -5.2 -3.0 -3.3 -2.6 -3.0
April 2.3 4.7 1.7 2.7 2.7
May 7.9 10.3 8.6 7.9 8.1
June 12.4 12.8 12.5 14.1 12.8
July 14.8 15.9 14.8 15.1 15.5
August 13.8 14.8 14.1 15.8 13.1
September 9.3 11.4 10.6 8.5 9.9
October 1.8 2.6 3.2 2.7 2.0
November -7.5 -4.0 -6.0 -6.7 -10.5
December -15.7 -15.8 -13.5 -15.0 -14.8
Average -1.8 -10.1 2.2 1.6 2.1 1.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 4.7 6 2 0 2 5
February 7.1 5 14 13 11 1
March 2.4 6 1 2 0 2
April 7.9 13 9 3 11
May 7.3 7 4 4 8
June 7.1 8 2 4 6
July 8.0 6 7 6 4
August 8.8 6 4 7 6
September 7.9 12 7 4 9
October 5.7 3 12 3 5
November 4.1 3 4 4 3
December 4.6 5 1 3 0
Average 6.3 5.6 6.5 5.4 4.2 5.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 4.3 4 5 5 4 5
February 5.1 5 5 5 5 6
March 6.0 6 6 7 7 6
April 6.8 7 8 7 7
May 6.9 7 8 7 7
June 6.1 6 7 7 6
July 5.8 6 6 6 6
August 5.4 5 6 6 6
September 5.0 5 5 5 6
October 4.8 5 5 5 5
November 4.8 4 5 5 5
December 4.3 4 5 4 4
Average 5.5 5.1 5.5 5.9 6.0 5.8

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 102° 098° 086° 107° 088°
February 098° 069° 083° 069° 105°
March 070° 082° 071° 066° 098°
April 060° 058° 061° 078°
May 082° 068° 091° 024°
June 070° 121° 065° 063°
July 073° 079° 082° 107°
August 054° 060° 071° 076°
September 069° 102° 122° 109°
October 115° 113° 084° 085°
November 124° 095° 084° 088°
December 093° 105° 080° 121°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.