What's the climate like in Taiyuan

It belongs to temperate continental monsoon climate, with no severe cold in winter, no intense heat in summer, large temperature difference between day and night, long frost-free period and abundant sunshine. The annual average rainfall is 456 mm, the annual average temperature is 9.5℃, 1 month is the coldest, and the average temperature is 6.8℃. It is the hottest in July, with an average temperature of 23.5℃. The annual sunshine hours averaged 2808 hours.

Taiyuan is located in the mainland, far from the eastern coastline, and its northwest is the vast hinterland of Eurasia. In the national climate division, it belongs to the continental monsoon climate type of warm temperate zone. The formation of climate is mainly influenced by three factors: solar radiation, atmospheric circulation and geographical environment. Taiyuan is located in the middle latitude of the northern hemisphere and the geographical environment of Shanxi Plateau, which enables it to receive strong solar radiation and is rich in light energy and heat, so it belongs to the category of high irradiance in agricultural light energy utilization zoning. At the same time, influenced by the westerly circulation and high solar radiation, the climate is dry, with less rainfall and large temperature difference between day and night, showing strong continental climate characteristics. Winter is controlled by Siberian cold air, and summer is influenced by southeast ocean moisture mass. As the season goes on, the two air masses alternately advance and retreat over Taiyuan, changing one from the other and alternating periodically, forming the characteristics of long dry and cold winter, hot and humid summer, sharp rise in spring temperature, sharp drop in autumn temperature, short and windy spring and autumn, and clear wet and dry. Taiyuan's complex and diverse landforms have formed obviously different climatic regions, which not only show obvious vertical changes, but also have certain horizontal differences.