The climate of Tianshui
Dwa Hot-summer continental with dry winter. Hot, wet summers and cold, dry winters. A monsoon-influenced continental climate. Winters are cold and dry, and the summer is hot and brings most of the year's rain.
Tianshui is north of the equator, so summer falls in June to August and winter in December to February. The 1901 to 1930 map puts Tianshui in the same zone, Dwa.
Tianshui: then, now and by 2100
| Map | Climate zone | Compared with now |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 to 1930 | Dwa Hot-summer continental with dry winter | Same as now |
| 1991 to 2020 (now) | Dwa Hot-summer continental with dry winter | - |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP1-2.6 (low emissions) | Cwa Humid subtropical with dry winter | Different from now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP2-4.5 (middle of the road) | BSk Cold semi-arid (steppe) | Different from now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP5-8.5 (high emissions) | BSk Cold semi-arid (steppe) | Different from now |
The 2071 to 2099 rows are model projections under three emissions scenarios, not forecasts. The 1901 to 1930 row is a reconstruction. All come from Beck et al. (2023).
Under the middle-of-the-road scenario (SSP2-4.5), the model puts Tianshui in BSk (cold semi-arid (steppe)) in 2071 to 2099, instead of Dwa now. Under the high-emissions scenario (SSP5-8.5) it is BSk (cold semi-arid (steppe)).
Cities with the same climate as Tianshui
Other big cities that are Dwa (hot-summer continental with dry winter) in 1991 to 2020, at most two per country:
Where Tianshui's future climate exists today
In the SSP2-4.5 map for 2071 to 2099, Tianshui is BSk. These cities are BSk in 1991 to 2020, so they give a rough idea of the future climate (the real conditions would differ in many ways).
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Population of Tianshui from GeoNames: 1,212,791 (rank 446 in our list of 1,000). Climate data: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0. Data sources and licences.