Abstract:Based on the average hourly wind speed at a height of 10m of four representative meteorological stations in northern Ningxia, including Yinchuan, Shizuishan, Taole, and Qingtongxia, and the hourly total irradiance of Yinchuan station from 2007 to 2020, analyzed the changes in the occurrence duration and frequency of three specific weather types: little wind, little sunlight, little wind with little sunlight. We obtained the climate characteristics as follows: 1) The average daily duration of little wind with little sunlight is 14.3 h, which is basically normal distribution. Compared with a single little wind or little sunlight duration, they have decreased by nearly 4 hours and 3 hours respectively, which indicates that the complementarity of wind and solar energy resources is good in the area. 2) The average duration of little wind with little sunlight is the lowest from March to May, which is most conducive to wind and solar complementary power generation. And it is the highest from September to January of the following year, which is adverse to new energy generation. 3) The occurrence frequency of three types of weather decreases significantly with the duration increasing. Autumn and winter are their long-term and frequent seasons. According to the above characteristics, different reference suggestions are proposed for new energy planning, consumption, and storage configuration to reduce the risk of power shortage caused by long-term lack of wind and solar resources due to little wind with little sunlight weather.