Editing Datong (section)

===Climate===
Datong has a [[Continentality|continental]], [[monsoon]]-influenced [[steppe climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BSk''), influenced by the {{convert|1000|m}}+ elevation, with rather long, cold, very dry winters, and very warm summers. Monthly mean temperatures range from {{convert|−10.5|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|22.6|°C|1}} in July; the annual mean temperature is {{convert|7.33|°C|1}}. Due to the aridity and elevation, [[diurnal temperature variation]] is often large, averaging {{convert|13.2|C-change}} annually. There barely is any precipitation during winter, and more than {{frac|3|4}} of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 54% in July to 66% in October, sunshine is abundant year-round, and the city receives 2,671 hours (about 60% of the possible total) of bright sunshine per year. Extremes since 1951 have ranged from {{convert|-31.9|°C|0}} on 16 December 2023 to {{convert|39.2|°C|0}} on 29 July 2010.

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| location = Datong, elevation {{convert|1053|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–present)
| Jan high C = -2.9
| Feb high C = 2.1
| Mar high C = 9.2
| Apr high C = 17.4
| May high C = 23.7
| Jun high C = 27.8
| Jul high C = 28.9
| Aug high C = 27.2
| Sep high C = 22.4
| Oct high C = 15.3
| Nov high C = 6.2
| Dec high C = -1.3
| Jan mean C = -10.5
| Feb mean C = -5.8
| Mar mean C = 1.5
| Apr mean C = 9.7
| May mean C = 16.5
| Jun mean C = 21.0
| Jul mean C = 22.7
| Aug mean C = 20.8
| Sep mean C = 15.2
| Oct mean C = 7.7
| Nov mean C = -1.0
| Dec mean C = -8.4
| Jan low C = -16.6
| Feb low C = -12.4
| Mar low C = -5.4
| Apr low C = 2.1
| May low C = 8.7
| Jun low C = 14.0
| Jul low C = 16.7
| Aug low C = 14.9
| Sep low C = 8.8
| Oct low C = 1.4
| Nov low C = -6.8
| Dec low C = -14.1
| Jan record high C = 11.2
| Feb record high C = 19.2
| Mar record high C = 25.3
| Apr record high C = 35.4
| May record high C = 36.1
| Jun record high C = 39.0
| Jul record high C = 39.2
| Aug record high C = 35.9
| Sep record high C = 34.7
| Oct record high C = 27.5
| Nov record high C = 21.9
| Dec record high C = 15.8
| Jan record low C = −31.1
| Feb record low C = −28.2
| Mar record low C = −20.9
| Apr record low C = −16.1
| May record low C = −5.8
| Jun record low C = 2.9
| Jul record low C = 7.8
| Aug record low C = 2.8
| Sep record low C = −3.7
| Oct record low C = −11.5
| Nov record low C = -24.0
| Dec record low C = −31.9
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 2.1
| Feb precipitation mm = 3.6
| Mar precipitation mm = 8.9
| Apr precipitation mm = 21.0
| May precipitation mm = 32.8
| Jun precipitation mm = 53.1
| Jul precipitation mm = 96.9
| Aug precipitation mm = 76.1
| Sep precipitation mm = 60.2
| Oct precipitation mm = 23.3
| Nov precipitation mm = 8.3
| Dec precipitation mm = 1.8
| Jan humidity = 53
| Feb humidity = 46
| Mar humidity = 42
| Apr humidity = 38
| May humidity = 40
| Jun humidity = 50
| Jul humidity = 64
| Aug humidity = 68
| Sep humidity = 64
| Oct humidity = 57
| Nov humidity = 54
| Dec humidity = 52
| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 1.8
| Feb precipitation days = 2.2
| Mar precipitation days = 3.6
| Apr precipitation days = 4.3
| May precipitation days = 6.6
| Jun precipitation days = 11.2
| Jul precipitation days = 12.5
| Aug precipitation days = 11.1
| Sep precipitation days = 8.8
| Oct precipitation days = 5.5
| Nov precipitation days = 3.1
| Dec precipitation days = 1.7
| year precipitation days = 
| Jan sun = 192.0
| Feb sun = 200.7
| Mar sun = 236.7
| Apr sun = 255.0
| May sun = 278.4
| Jun sun = 256.6
| Jul sun = 249.6
| Aug sun = 243.8
| Sep sun = 225.1
| Oct sun = 225.9
| Nov sun = 189.0
| Dec sun = 182.2
| year sun = 
| Jan percentsun = 64
| Feb percentsun = 66
| Mar percentsun = 64
| Apr percentsun = 64
| May percentsun = 62
| Jun percentsun = 57
| Jul percentsun = 55
| Aug percentsun = 58
| Sep percentsun = 61
| Oct percentsun = 66
| Nov percentsun = 64
| Dec percentsun = 63
| year percentsun = 
| Jan snow days = 3.3
| Feb snow days = 3.9
| Mar snow days = 3.8
| Apr snow days = 1.7
| May snow days = 0.2
| Jun snow days = 0
| Jul snow days = 0
| Aug snow days = 0
| Sep snow days = 0.1
| Oct snow days = 0.6
| Nov snow days = 3.4
| Dec snow days = 3.2
| year snow days = 
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