Climate
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Situated deep in the interior of Asia and unpenetrated by the air currents from the oceans, Xinjiang has conspicuous continental climate, with highly changeable temperature, sharp difference in temperature between day and night, abundant sunshine, intense evaporation and little precipitation. The mean annual temperature of northern Xinjiang is 4°-8ºC. and that of southern Xinjiang 9°-12ºC. The arid south has a mean annual precipitation of 25-100 mm., while the greater part of the north has 100-500 mm.
(china.org.cn)
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