Pengze climate — normals and trends
Pengze (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,712 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 (29.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Pengze averages 15 frost days, 76 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Pengze has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 21 to 9 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 10 August 1953) and the coldest -10.3 °C (on 6 February 1969).
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
PengzeJiangxi
- coords
- 29.90°, 116.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.6°C
Average daily high
20.9°C
Average daily low
14.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,712mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.9km/h
Seasonal range
24.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
15 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
76 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.2 cm
Average feels-like high
21.7 °C
Average feels-like low
14.6 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
131 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · p = < 0.001
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
40.7 °C
10 August 1953
Coldest day
-10.3 °C
6 February 1969
Wettest day
206 mm
6 July 1965
Windiest day
50.6 km/h
22 February 1974
Strongest gust
85.7 km/h
22 February 1974
Hottest feels-like
47.9 °C
2 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-15.3 °C
13 January 1951
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
18 January 1984
Sunniest day
13.7 h
19 June 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.6 °C | +4.7 °C | 29 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 10.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 35 mm | -55 mm |
| Mar | 17.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 73 mm | -78 mm |
| Apr | 25.6 °C | +4.7 °C | 127 mm | -82 mm |
| May | 28.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 208 mm | -46 mm |
| Jun | 29.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 347 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 35.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 50 mm | -163 mm |
| Aug | 35.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 72 mm | -63 mm |
| Sep | 30.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 153 mm | +60 mm |
| Oct | 24.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 44 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 18.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 35 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 13.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 18 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pengze?
Pengze has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 1,712 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pengze?
The hottest day measured in Pengze between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1953, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pengze?
The coldest day measured in Pengze between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, at -10.3 °C.
Does it snow in Pengze?
Yes. Pengze gets on average 10.2 cm of snow per year and has around 15 frost days.
Has the climate of Pengze warmed?
Yes: Pengze warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pengze?
The wettest day measured in Pengze between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1965, with 206 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pengze?
The windiest day measured in Pengze between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1974, with winds reaching 50.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pengze?
The warmest month in Pengze is July (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Pengze?
Pengze receives on average 1,712 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pengze?
Pengze gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pengze?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pengze between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1984, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pengze?
Yes: Pengze has on average 131 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pengze?
In Pengze, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.9 °C on 2 August 2003, and the lowest was -15.3 °C on 13 January 1951.
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