Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Tianshui, Gansu, China. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4th in Tianshui is a coin-flip weather day — there's a 50% chance of precipitation and temperatures that can swing wildly. The record spread on this date is a stark 56 degrees, from a bitter 17° low in 1969 to a warm 73° high in 2018.
Tianshui sees genuine extremes across the calendar, from a scorching 96° in August 2021 to a brutal -10° in December 1975. Summer storms can be intense — a single day in July 1986 dropped over 4 inches of rain, and an early-season November snowstorm in 1961 buried the city under nearly 6 inches.
Tianshui's warmest stretch runs mid-July through late August, with highs peaking around 82-83°, while January is the coldest month with average highs barely reaching 37°. Summer is definitively the wet season — July brings the heaviest rainfall by far, averaging over 1.5 inches in a single week. Spring and fall offer the most pleasant conditions, with mild highs in the 60s and 70s.