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Taiping Reservoir kitesurf and wingfoil spot

China · Jilin

Spot currently openBeginner levelAltitude 185 m 44.04 | 124.92

Overview

Taiping Reservoir is a kitesurfing spot on a reservoir in Jilin. This inland body of water offers ideal flat conditions for progression. Only navigable in summer due to winter freezing.
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Spot forecast for Taiping Reservoir

Sunrise 06:00 · Sunset 16:49

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Taiping Reservoir: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

345h

in May · 29 rideable days

The season runs from March to June, peaking in May: 27 rideable days a month and 345 hours of usable wind, at 17 °C. The low point is August, at 19 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 January: 20 rideable days J February: 20 rideable days F March: 28 rideable days M April: 25.5 rideable days A May: 29 rideable days29 d M June: 26 rideable days J July: 22.5 rideable days J August: 19 rideable days19 d A September: 22 rideable days S October: 26 rideable days O November: 23 rideable days N December: 27 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 January: 20 rideable days J February: 20 rideable days F March: 28 rideable days M April: 25.5 rideable days A May: 29 rideable days29 d M June: 26 rideable days J July: 22.5 rideable days J August: 19 rideable days19 d A September: 22 rideable days S October: 26 rideable days O November: 23 rideable days N December: 27 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 79%13-20 knots · 20%21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 79% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at -7 °C. The wettest month is July, with 228 mm.

Monthly averages: Taiping Reservoir
Monthly averages — Taiping Reservoir — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 20.0 159 h -7 °C 7 mm
February 20.0 179 h -4 °C 4 mm
March 28.0 298 h 5 °C 12 mm
April 25.5 286 h 16 °C 56 mm
May 29.0 345 h 21 °C 91 mm
June 26.0 319 h 25 °C 82 mm
July 22.5 272 h 28 °C 228 mm
August 19.0 173 h 26 °C 121 mm
September 22.0 218 h 22 °C 32 mm
October 26.0 235 h 12 °C 18 mm
November 23.0 224 h 4 °C 12 mm
December 27.0 214 h -6 °C 3 mm

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Technical details of Taiping Reservoir spot

N: Depending on conditions NNE: Depending on conditions NE: Depending on conditions ENE: Depending on conditions E: Depending on conditions ESE: Depending on conditions SE: Depending on conditions SSE: Depending on conditions S: Rideable SSW: Depending on conditions SW: Depending on conditions WSW: Depending on conditions W: Depending on conditions WNW: Rideable NW: Rideable NNW: Depending on conditions N E S W

The spot works with winds from S, WNW, NW.

Depending on conditions: N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE, SSW, SW, WSW, W, NNW.

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