Pingdingshan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pingdingshan?

Pingdingshan has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 920 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pingdingshan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2022, reaching 41.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pingdingshan?

The coldest day measured in Pingdingshan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1951, at -24.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pingdingshan?

Yes. Pingdingshan gets on average 26.5 cm of snow per year and has around 69 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Pingdingshan warmed?

Yes: Pingdingshan warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pingdingshan?

The wettest day measured in Pingdingshan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1963, with 149 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pingdingshan?

The windiest day measured in Pingdingshan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2025, with winds reaching 43.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pingdingshan?

The warmest month in Pingdingshan is July (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pingdingshan?

Pingdingshan receives on average 920 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pingdingshan?

Pingdingshan gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pingdingshan (China) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 920 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 (27.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Pingdingshan averages 69 frost days, 77 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.

Pingdingshan has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 83 to 55 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 24 June 2022) and the coldest -24.8 °C (on 13 January 1951).

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

PingdingshanHenan

coords: 33.73°, 113.32°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

15.2°C

Average daily high

20.1°C

Average daily low

10.8°C

Annual rainfall

920mm

Sunshine / day

8.3h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

14.3km/h

Seasonal range

26.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

69 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

94 d/yr

Annual snowfall

26.5 cm

Average feels-like high

19.7 °C

Average feels-like low

9.8 °C

Average peak gust

30.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

89 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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

41.5 °C

24 June 2022

Coldest day

-24.8 °C

13 January 1951

Wettest day

149 mm

2 August 1963

Windiest day

43.4 km/h

12 April 2025

Strongest gust

91.1 km/h

12 April 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.7 °C

7 August 1964

Coldest feels-like

-29.5 °C

13 January 1951

Snowiest day

15.7 cm

21 December 2004

Sunniest day

13.7 h

22 June 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.5 °C15 July 2025	-7.6 °C8 February 2025	17.4 °C	919 mm	113	54
2024	39.6 °C12 June 2024	-8.8 °C23 January 2024	17.2 °C	800 mm	116	59
2023	39.6 °C17 August 2023	-8.3 °C22 December 2023	16.7 °C	921 mm	98	55
2022	41.5 °C24 June 2022	-6.1 °C28 December 2022	16.7 °C	532 mm	108	72
2021	38.5 °C5 June 2021	-9.5 °C7 January 2021	16.7 °C	918 mm	92	33
2020	38.7 °C3 May 2020	-6.3 °C31 December 2020	16.4 °C	771 mm	92	46
2019	39.5 °C29 July 2019	-6.7 °C1 January 2019	16.7 °C	461 mm	113	54
2018	38.7 °C25 July 2018	-14.1 °C5 January 2018	16.2 °C	837 mm	98	56
2017	38.2 °C24 July 2017	-5.2 °C20 January 2017	16.4 °C	787 mm	93	43
2016	38.2 °C2 September 2016	-9.2 °C24 November 2016	16.5 °C	563 mm	104	49
2015	36.9 °C13 July 2015	-10.2 °C26 November 2015	15.9 °C	582 mm	74	52
2014	38.3 °C21 July 2014	-11.1 °C10 February 2014	16.1 °C	599 mm	78	52
2013	39.7 °C17 June 2013	-8.0 °C4 January 2013	16.3 °C	511 mm	103	63
2012	40.8 °C13 June 2012	-6.9 °C23 January 2012	15.5 °C	583 mm	73	73
2011	40.2 °C8 June 2011	-9.4 °C16 January 2011	15.3 °C	687 mm	74	72
2010	38.0 °C6 July 2010	-7.5 °C13 January 2010	15.6 °C	742 mm	75	62
2009	38.2 °C5 June 2009	-7.7 °C10 January 2009	15.5 °C	806 mm	72	66
2008	36.9 °C25 June 2008	-10.2 °C22 December 2008	15.5 °C	722 mm	77	71
2007	38.0 °C27 May 2007	-5.1 °C1 February 2007	16.1 °C	889 mm	69	39
2006	39.1 °C19 June 2006	-6.9 °C22 January 2006	16.1 °C	651 mm	83	62
2005	39.1 °C23 June 2005	-9.2 °C1 January 2005	15.2 °C	916 mm	67	86
2004	37.7 °C5 July 2004	-8.0 °C30 December 2004	15.8 °C	913 mm	62	50
2003	37.8 °C18 June 2003	-8.4 °C5 January 2003	14.9 °C	1,069 mm	59	62
2002	39.2 °C15 July 2002	-9.4 °C26 December 2002	16.1 °C	649 mm	80	39
2001	37.3 °C9 July 2001	-12.2 °C26 January 2001	15.4 °C	727 mm	85	72
2000	36.8 °C21 May 2000	-9.6 °C27 January 2000	15.5 °C	1,281 mm	75	52
1999	39.9 °C25 July 1999	-7.0 °C20 December 1999	16.4 °C	702 mm	86	47
1998	36.6 °C13 July 1998	-10.5 °C18 January 1998	16.0 °C	1,072 mm	80	55
1997	37.7 °C22 June 1997	-8.0 °C24 January 1997	15.7 °C	672 mm	99	66
1996	36.2 °C13 June 1996	-7.3 °C18 February 1996	14.9 °C	966 mm	63	76
1995	37.2 °C19 June 1995	-6.3 °C28 January 1995	15.7 °C	864 mm	85	69
1994	37.9 °C4 August 1994	-6.4 °C19 January 1994	15.9 °C	977 mm	100	62
1993	37.1 °C14 June 1993	-11.7 °C16 January 1993	14.7 °C	835 mm	74	74
1992	38.1 °C9 June 1992	-10.5 °C1 January 1992	14.9 °C	778 mm	70	76
1991	36.8 °C18 July 1991	-15.6 °C29 December 1991	14.7 °C	727 mm	69	54
1990	37.2 °C14 July 1990	-14.9 °C1 February 1990	15.1 °C	1,083 mm	83	69
1989	36.2 °C2 June 1989	-15.5 °C14 January 1989	14.4 °C	962 mm	45	72
1988	39.4 °C18 July 1988	-7.3 °C16 December 1988	15.3 °C	614 mm	77	76
1987	34.6 °C22 July 1987	-10.8 °C3 January 1987	15.2 °C	893 mm	85	64
1986	39.9 °C2 June 1986	-10.8 °C19 December 1986	15.3 °C	532 mm	98	77
1985	38.3 °C27 June 1985	-8.6 °C18 February 1985	14.5 °C	883 mm	72	75
1984	36.8 °C3 June 1984	-8.3 °C25 December 1984	14.2 °C	1,308 mm	57	79
1983	36.4 °C5 August 1983	-8.9 °C8 January 1983	15.0 °C	986 mm	64	70
1982	38.2 °C24 May 1982	-8.7 °C16 January 1982	15.2 °C	1,017 mm	65	61
1981	38.3 °C18 June 1981	-15.4 °C27 January 1981	15.1 °C	803 mm	80	70
1980	37.4 °C24 July 1980	-10.1 °C7 January 1980	14.8 °C	812 mm	60	76
1979	39.3 °C8 June 1979	-13.3 °C1 February 1979	15.2 °C	1,108 mm	76	83
1978	39.5 °C11 June 1978	-10.0 °C12 February 1978	15.7 °C	685 mm	97	68
1977	36.7 °C11 June 1977	-9.4 °C31 January 1977	15.4 °C	766 mm	71	68
1976	37.7 °C12 June 1976	-7.9 °C31 December 1976	14.6 °C	809 mm	67	80
1975	37.4 °C20 July 1975	-12.7 °C17 December 1975	15.2 °C	1,065 mm	77	61
1974	38.4 °C2 June 1974	-12.6 °C7 February 1974	15.0 °C	889 mm	87	80
1973	37.0 °C25 June 1973	-9.4 °C24 December 1973	15.2 °C	1,020 mm	64	65
1972	41.0 °C11 June 1972	-13.0 °C25 January 1972	14.4 °C	840 mm	68	84
1971	38.0 °C21 July 1971	-10.6 °C2 March 1971	14.7 °C	1,037 mm	72	85
1970	36.2 °C10 August 1970	-10.1 °C5 January 1970	14.7 °C	912 mm	72	84
1969	38.4 °C1 August 1969	-19.3 °C31 January 1969	14.1 °C	801 mm	92	99
1968	38.3 °C5 June 1968	-7.9 °C24 January 1968	15.3 °C	905 mm	80	71
1967	40.8 °C6 June 1967	-10.5 °C15 January 1967	14.9 °C	1,303 mm	90	85
1966	37.8 °C21 June 1966	-12.5 °C23 February 1966	15.5 °C	860 mm	74	71
1965	37.0 °C29 June 1965	-7.5 °C17 December 1965	15.0 °C	1,068 mm	71	75
1964	37.6 °C9 July 1964	-13.2 °C18 February 1964	14.3 °C	1,603 mm	62	78
1963	36.7 °C25 June 1963	-9.9 °C11 January 1963	14.8 °C	1,301 mm	60	75
1962	39.4 °C21 June 1962	-8.9 °C31 January 1962	15.3 °C	857 mm	96	81
1961	38.4 °C12 June 1961	-8.7 °C11 January 1961	16.0 °C	1,056 mm	85	65
1960	38.8 °C5 June 1960	-9.1 °C18 December 1960	14.9 °C	1,107 mm	78	80
1959	40.2 °C20 August 1959	-12.5 °C26 December 1959	15.6 °C	682 mm	109	63
1958	39.5 °C28 June 1958	-10.6 °C16 January 1958	15.0 °C	1,231 mm	64	75
1957	37.0 °C4 July 1957	-16.3 °C10 February 1957	14.4 °C	891 mm	77	75
1956	35.7 °C10 July 1956	-16.5 °C23 January 1956	13.7 °C	1,133 mm	54	96
1955	34.2 °C20 June 1955	-20.8 °C11 January 1955	13.5 °C	1,341 mm	43	69
1954	33.1 °C6 September 1954	-17.3 °C26 January 1954	12.6 °C	1,598 mm	23	96
1953	36.3 °C13 August 1953	-15.3 °C18 February 1953	14.1 °C	1,180 mm	57	83
1952	35.9 °C2 July 1952	-16.1 °C18 February 1952	13.4 °C	1,424 mm	36	89
1951	34.6 °C7 August 1951	-24.8 °C13 January 1951	13.6 °C	1,082 mm	34	77
1950	34.9 °C22 July 1950	-9.7 °C2 February 1950	14.4 °C	1,237 mm	48	76
1949	33.2 °C20 July 1949	-19.1 °C9 January 1949	14.5 °C	1,299 mm	55	65
1948	34.9 °C2 July 1948	-20.1 °C26 January 1948	14.3 °C	1,149 mm	52	66
1947	34.0 °C12 July 1947	-17.6 °C26 January 1947	14.6 °C	1,032 mm	67	80
1946	35.3 °C16 July 1946	-7.0 °C22 December 1946	16.4 °C	1,648 mm	81	69
1945	39.7 °C24 June 1945	-17.8 °C9 January 1945	15.0 °C	693 mm	96	90
1944	39.5 °C21 June 1944	-8.7 °C4 February 1944	15.8 °C	942 mm	87	76
1943	39.0 °C14 June 1943	-14.3 °C8 February 1943	15.2 °C	1,300 mm	57	77
1942	40.3 °C6 August 1942	-6.8 °C17 January 1942	17.1 °C	539 mm	111	67
1941	41.0 °C10 July 1941	-9.7 °C22 November 1941	16.6 °C	515 mm	98	73
1940	37.9 °C18 June 1940	-14.1 °C23 January 1940	15.4 °C	917 mm	74	76

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.5 °C

+2.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

113 d/yr

+36

Frost days (< 0 °C)

54 d/yr

-15

Annual rainfall

919 mm

-1 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	9.5 °C	+3.6 °C	47 mm	+29 mm
Feb	10.6 °C	+1.9 °C	4 mm	-20 mm
Mar	17.3 °C	+2.8 °C	52 mm	+10 mm
Apr	27.0 °C	+5.7 °C	10 mm	-49 mm
May	30.4 °C	+3.5 °C	29 mm	-47 mm
Jun	33.2 °C	+1.7 °C	88 mm	-19 mm
Jul	36.1 °C	+4.5 °C	83 mm	-127 mm
Aug	33.4 °C	+3.0 °C	190 mm	+20 mm
Sep	24.3 °C	-1.9 °C	223 mm	+116 mm
Oct	17.8 °C	-3.5 °C	154 mm	+100 mm
Nov	17.9 °C	+3.4 °C	22 mm	-15 mm
Dec	11.3 °C	+3.1 °C	17 mm	+1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.5 °C

15 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-7.6 °C

8 Feb 2025

Wettest day

54.8 mm

7 Aug 2025

Windiest day

43.4 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

91.1 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.5 °C

15 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-11.7 °C

8 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

6.8 cm

12 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

16 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pingdingshan?

Pingdingshan has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 920 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pingdingshan?

The hottest day measured in Pingdingshan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2022, reaching 41.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pingdingshan?

The coldest day measured in Pingdingshan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1951, at -24.8 °C.

Does it snow in Pingdingshan?

Yes. Pingdingshan gets on average 26.5 cm of snow per year and has around 69 frost days.

Has the climate of Pingdingshan warmed?

Yes: Pingdingshan warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pingdingshan?

The wettest day measured in Pingdingshan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1963, with 149 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pingdingshan?

The windiest day measured in Pingdingshan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2025, with winds reaching 43.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pingdingshan?

The warmest month in Pingdingshan is July (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Pingdingshan?

Pingdingshan receives on average 920 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pingdingshan?

Pingdingshan gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pingdingshan?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pingdingshan between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 2004, with 15.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Pingdingshan?

Yes: Pingdingshan has on average 89 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pingdingshan?

In Pingdingshan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.7 °C on 7 August 1964, and the lowest was -29.5 °C on 13 January 1951.

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