Ningde climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ningde?

Ningde has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 1,832 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ningde?

The hottest day measured in Ningde between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2003, reaching 41.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ningde?

The coldest day measured in Ningde between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1975, at -10.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ningde?

Yes. Ningde gets on average 2.9 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Ningde warmed?

Yes: Ningde warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ningde?

The wettest day measured in Ningde between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2017, with 191 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ningde?

The windiest day measured in Ningde between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2018, with winds reaching 38.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ningde?

The warmest month in Ningde is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ningde?

Ningde receives on average 1,832 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ningde?

Ningde gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ningde (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 1,832 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Ningde averages 3 frost days, 78 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 179 rainy days per year.

Ningde has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 6 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.8 °C (on 15 July 2003) and the coldest -10.3 °C (on 16 December 1975).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

NingdeFujian

coords: 26.66°, 119.52°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

18.2°C

Average daily high

22.7°C

Average daily low

14.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,832mm

Sunshine / day

7.4h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

8.5km/h

Seasonal range

18.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

3 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

78 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

179 d/yr

Annual snowfall

2.9 cm

Average feels-like high

24.6 °C

Average feels-like low

15.9 °C

Average peak gust

28.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

120 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

41.8 °C

15 July 2003

Coldest day

-10.3 °C

16 December 1975

Wettest day

191 mm

31 July 2017

Windiest day

38.5 km/h

11 July 2018

Strongest gust

139.7 km/h

1 September 2005

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

14 July 2003

Coldest feels-like

-15.1 °C

16 December 1975

Snowiest day

15.6 cm

29 December 1983

Sunniest day

13.7 h

20 June 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.4 °C9 August 2025	0.3 °C12 January 2025	19.9 °C	1,856 mm	131	0
2024	39.6 °C19 July 2024	-0.4 °C24 January 2024	20.0 °C	2,153 mm	96	1
2023	39.5 °C8 July 2023	-1.1 °C25 January 2023	19.7 °C	1,946 mm	105	4
2022	41.6 °C23 July 2022	0.2 °C19 December 2022	19.5 °C	1,834 mm	111	0
2021	38.2 °C8 July 2021	-1.3 °C13 January 2021	20.0 °C	1,805 mm	108	3
2020	38.7 °C24 July 2020	0.5 °C31 December 2020	19.8 °C	1,399 mm	104	0
2019	36.3 °C25 July 2019	0.6 °C8 December 2019	19.5 °C	1,675 mm	100	0
2018	37.5 °C28 June 2018	-1.4 °C6 February 2018	19.4 °C	1,799 mm	94	1
2017	39.1 °C27 September 2017	0.7 °C20 December 2017	19.4 °C	1,824 mm	99	0
2016	37.6 °C22 June 2016	-3.1 °C25 January 2016	19.4 °C	2,087 mm	90	3
2015	38.0 °C30 June 2015	-0.7 °C18 December 2015	19.1 °C	2,223 mm	86	1
2014	37.7 °C9 July 2014	-0.8 °C23 January 2014	19.0 °C	1,937 mm	97	1
2013	38.4 °C8 August 2013	0.2 °C19 January 2013	18.9 °C	1,709 mm	82	0
2012	40.3 °C11 July 2012	0.5 °C5 January 2012	18.5 °C	1,966 mm	77	0
2011	37.2 °C5 July 2011	-1.7 °C17 January 2011	18.4 °C	1,482 mm	92	3
2010	39.1 °C3 July 2010	-0.4 °C17 December 2010	18.6 °C	1,864 mm	76	1
2009	36.0 °C21 July 2009	-1.0 °C14 January 2009	18.9 °C	1,776 mm	90	3
2008	37.5 °C24 July 2008	-0.1 °C16 February 2008	18.8 °C	1,915 mm	96	1
2007	39.4 °C21 July 2007	0.9 °C29 January 2007	19.3 °C	1,858 mm	93	0
2006	37.9 °C5 July 2006	-1.2 °C8 January 2006	19.3 °C	2,135 mm	86	1
2005	38.5 °C11 July 2005	-0.5 °C1 January 2005	18.8 °C	2,100 mm	96	2
2004	37.5 °C17 August 2004	-0.8 °C31 December 2004	18.7 °C	1,679 mm	100	3
2003	41.8 °C15 July 2003	0.6 °C28 December 2003	19.1 °C	1,364 mm	96	0
2002	38.3 °C24 June 2002	0.8 °C27 December 2002	19.2 °C	1,857 mm	80	0
2001	36.3 °C1 July 2001	0.7 °C30 December 2001	18.7 °C	2,082 mm	77	0
2000	37.7 °C29 June 2000	-1.0 °C28 January 2000	18.7 °C	2,041 mm	82	2
1999	35.2 °C27 June 1999	-2.0 °C23 December 1999	18.7 °C	1,822 mm	79	6
1998	39.0 °C16 July 1998	-0.2 °C25 January 1998	19.5 °C	1,633 mm	91	1
1997	35.2 °C28 July 1997	0.1 °C10 January 1997	18.5 °C	2,048 mm	66	0
1996	36.6 °C6 July 1996	0.4 °C11 February 1996	18.0 °C	1,892 mm	85	0
1995	38.4 °C8 September 1995	-0.8 °C30 December 1995	18.0 °C	1,711 mm	73	2
1994	36.5 °C1 July 1994	-0.4 °C21 January 1994	18.9 °C	1,998 mm	82	1
1993	38.2 °C17 July 1993	-1.8 °C29 January 1993	18.3 °C	1,707 mm	81	6
1992	36.5 °C27 July 1992	0.1 °C15 January 1992	17.9 °C	2,171 mm	66	0
1991	37.9 °C11 July 1991	-3.3 °C29 December 1991	18.6 °C	1,364 mm	103	2
1990	36.7 °C18 July 1990	1.6 °C24 January 1990	18.5 °C	2,380 mm	64	0
1989	37.8 °C20 July 1989	-0.1 °C15 January 1989	18.2 °C	1,900 mm	72	1
1988	39.3 °C25 July 1988	0.3 °C12 December 1988	17.9 °C	1,913 mm	78	0
1987	37.3 °C5 August 1987	0.4 °C5 February 1987	18.4 °C	2,076 mm	69	0
1986	36.5 °C23 July 1986	-1.1 °C3 March 1986	17.9 °C	1,561 mm	77	4
1985	37.2 °C14 July 1985	-0.3 °C17 December 1985	18.0 °C	2,156 mm	71	1
1984	38.0 °C13 July 1984	-2.7 °C1 January 1984	17.6 °C	1,682 mm	71	4
1983	36.8 °C1 August 1983	-4.7 °C31 December 1983	18.4 °C	1,901 mm	100	2
1982	37.3 °C20 July 1982	0.3 °C13 December 1982	18.0 °C	1,905 mm	63	0
1981	36.7 °C11 August 1981	0.0 °C13 January 1981	18.0 °C	2,003 mm	68	0
1980	37.4 °C23 July 1980	-2.0 °C10 February 1980	18.2 °C	1,675 mm	90	1
1979	39.1 °C14 July 1979	0.6 °C1 February 1979	18.2 °C	1,539 mm	77	0
1978	37.0 °C8 July 1978	0.0 °C18 February 1978	18.1 °C	1,757 mm	68	0
1977	38.0 °C9 July 1977	-3.1 °C6 January 1977	18.5 °C	1,730 mm	77	5
1976	37.3 °C21 August 1976	0.0 °C12 January 1976	17.6 °C	1,805 mm	73	0
1975	37.2 °C27 July 1975	-10.3 °C16 December 1975	18.0 °C	2,473 mm	88	11
1974	37.6 °C23 July 1974	-0.6 °C2 January 1974	18.0 °C	1,917 mm	70	5
1973	36.5 °C30 July 1973	-1.1 °C25 December 1973	17.9 °C	2,478 mm	60	5
1972	36.0 °C6 July 1972	0.2 °C2 March 1972	18.2 °C	2,290 mm	69	0
1971	36.9 °C6 July 1971	-7.1 °C1 February 1971	18.0 °C	1,825 mm	89	9
1970	35.8 °C10 August 1970	-1.4 °C16 January 1970	17.7 °C	1,851 mm	86	3
1969	35.9 °C7 July 1969	-0.7 °C6 February 1969	17.9 °C	1,855 mm	87	2
1968	36.2 °C17 July 1968	-1.2 °C11 February 1968	17.8 °C	1,889 mm	56	6
1967	38.3 °C16 July 1967	-7.7 °C4 February 1967	17.8 °C	1,483 mm	89	19
1966	36.3 °C3 August 1966	-1.1 °C14 February 1966	17.5 °C	1,768 mm	52	5
1965	33.8 °C11 August 1965	-0.9 °C9 January 1965	16.8 °C	2,113 mm	48	4
1964	36.4 °C9 July 1964	0.5 °C21 December 1964	18.2 °C	1,704 mm	77	0
1963	36.8 °C31 August 1963	-2.4 °C8 January 1963	18.1 °C	1,558 mm	79	8
1962	35.3 °C16 July 1962	-2.0 °C31 January 1962	17.4 °C	2,271 mm	59	4
1961	36.0 °C16 June 1961	-3.2 °C18 January 1961	18.1 °C	1,871 mm	69	5
1960	37.3 °C27 July 1960	-1.0 °C3 January 1960	18.2 °C	1,908 mm	57	2
1959	37.2 °C12 July 1959	-0.7 °C18 January 1959	18.2 °C	2,081 mm	72	3
1958	36.3 °C8 July 1958	-0.9 °C24 January 1958	17.8 °C	1,882 mm	68	4
1957	38.1 °C25 July 1957	-2.3 °C12 February 1957	17.7 °C	1,325 mm	78	3
1956	39.6 °C9 July 1956	-1.8 °C9 January 1956	17.8 °C	1,641 mm	98	7
1955	36.2 °C13 July 1955	-3.5 °C11 January 1955	17.4 °C	1,563 mm	76	11
1954	38.6 °C27 July 1954	-0.8 °C16 December 1954	18.1 °C	911 mm	105	5
1953	37.0 °C9 August 1953	-1.0 °C7 January 1953	18.1 °C	1,412 mm	86	1
1952	35.7 °C2 August 1952	-0.9 °C19 February 1952	17.9 °C	1,809 mm	70	5
1951	35.0 °C19 August 1951	-2.9 °C14 January 1951	17.6 °C	1,676 mm	70	3
1950	38.2 °C19 July 1950	-0.4 °C10 December 1950	17.8 °C	1,681 mm	65	1
1949	35.9 °C6 July 1949	-2.4 °C9 January 1949	18.0 °C	1,919 mm	69	9
1948	35.2 °C13 July 1948	-1.0 °C4 January 1948	17.7 °C	1,609 mm	63	7
1947	35.7 °C30 July 1947	-1.4 °C20 December 1947	16.7 °C	2,139 mm	63	7
1946	37.3 °C17 June 1946	-1.8 °C10 January 1946	17.8 °C	1,112 mm	81	6
1945	35.4 °C25 July 1945	-1.4 °C16 January 1945	16.5 °C	1,706 mm	54	9
1944	33.5 °C29 June 1944	-1.1 °C10 December 1944	17.2 °C	1,508 mm	39	5
1943	33.6 °C31 July 1943	-1.8 °C13 January 1943	17.3 °C	1,716 mm	42	6
1942	34.3 °C7 June 1942	-1.9 °C13 February 1942	17.1 °C	1,625 mm	51	5
1941	34.1 °C12 July 1941	-0.5 °C25 January 1941	17.2 °C	1,952 mm	37	5
1940	33.3 °C15 July 1940	-2.2 °C25 January 1940	16.3 °C	2,335 mm	19	10

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.9 °C

+2.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

131 d/yr

+53

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-3

Annual rainfall

1856 mm

+24 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	16.2 °C	+3.0 °C	6 mm	-49 mm
Feb	14.2 °C	+0.3 °C	49 mm	-30 mm
Mar	20.7 °C	+3.1 °C	141 mm	+21 mm
Apr	25.1 °C	+2.9 °C	182 mm	+18 mm
May	27.2 °C	+1.6 °C	243 mm	-16 mm
Jun	32.5 °C	+3.6 °C	209 mm	-92 mm
Jul	31.5 °C	-1.0 °C	538 mm	+334 mm
Aug	32.9 °C	+1.6 °C	161 mm	-102 mm
Sep	31.9 °C	+3.3 °C	192 mm	+2 mm
Oct	27.4 °C	+3.3 °C	65 mm	-14 mm
Nov	20.7 °C	+1.1 °C	48 mm	-17 mm
Dec	18.0 °C	+2.9 °C	22 mm	-30 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.4 °C

9 Aug 2025

Coldest day

0.3 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

132.4 mm

9 Jul 2025

Windiest day

18.6 km/h

13 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

65.5 km/h

19 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

9 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.7 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

5 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ningde?

Ningde has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 1,832 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ningde?

The hottest day measured in Ningde between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2003, reaching 41.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ningde?

The coldest day measured in Ningde between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1975, at -10.3 °C.

Does it snow in Ningde?

Yes. Ningde gets on average 2.9 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.

Has the climate of Ningde warmed?

Yes: Ningde warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ningde?

The wettest day measured in Ningde between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2017, with 191 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ningde?

The windiest day measured in Ningde between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2018, with winds reaching 38.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ningde?

The warmest month in Ningde is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Ningde?

Ningde receives on average 1,832 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ningde?

Ningde gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ningde?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ningde between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1983, with 15.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Ningde?

Yes: Ningde has on average 120 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ningde?

In Ningde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 14 July 2003, and the lowest was -15.1 °C on 16 December 1975.

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