Pingtan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pingtan?

Pingtan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 1,326 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pingtan between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2011, reaching 43.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pingtan?

The coldest day measured in Pingtan between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1945, at -4.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pingtan?

Yes. Pingtan gets on average 2.1 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Pingtan warmed?

Yes: Pingtan warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pingtan?

The wettest day measured in Pingtan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2009, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pingtan?

The windiest day measured in Pingtan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1946, with winds reaching 62.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pingtan?

The warmest month in Pingtan is August (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pingtan?

Pingtan receives on average 1,326 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pingtan?

Pingtan gets on average 6.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,263 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pingtan (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 1,326 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 August (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Pingtan averages 1 frost days, 71 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.

Pingtan has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 3 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.8 °C (on 17 August 2011) and the coldest -4.7 °C (on 11 February 1945).

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

PingtanChongqing Municipality

coords: 29.85°, 105.88°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

18.3°C

Average daily high

21.6°C

Average daily low

15.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,326mm

Sunshine / day

6.2h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

10.4km/h

Seasonal range

20.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

71 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

166 d/yr

Annual snowfall

2.1 cm

Average feels-like high

22.9 °C

Average feels-like low

16.0 °C

Average peak gust

22.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

118 d/yr

Solar radiation

11.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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

43.8 °C

17 August 2011

Coldest day

-4.7 °C

11 February 1945

Wettest day

135 mm

4 August 2009

Windiest day

62.0 km/h

24 May 1946

Strongest gust

79.9 km/h

22 May 1946

Hottest feels-like

48.0 °C

16 July 2025

Coldest feels-like

-8.0 °C

9 January 1956

Snowiest day

7.4 cm

30 January 1980

Sunniest day

13.9 h

23 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	42.5 °C5 August 2025	1.3 °C12 January 2025	19.7 °C	1,477 mm	110	0
2024	42.9 °C24 August 2024	0.6 °C16 December 2024	20.1 °C	1,122 mm	105	0
2023	37.6 °C9 August 2023	0.1 °C18 January 2023	19.1 °C	1,503 mm	86	0
2022	43.6 °C20 August 2022	1.5 °C23 February 2022	19.8 °C	1,053 mm	95	0
2021	40.3 °C3 August 2021	-1.8 °C12 January 2021	18.7 °C	1,225 mm	77	4
2020	39.5 °C30 August 2020	0.3 °C21 December 2020	18.6 °C	1,336 mm	76	0
2019	38.9 °C26 August 2019	2.9 °C22 January 2019	18.6 °C	1,180 mm	70	0
2018	39.4 °C20 July 2018	-0.4 °C10 January 2018	18.7 °C	1,226 mm	85	2
2017	41.2 °C28 July 2017	2.1 °C19 December 2017	18.9 °C	1,084 mm	73	0
2016	41.2 °C25 August 2016	-3.4 °C25 January 2016	18.9 °C	1,182 mm	88	2
2015	37.1 °C2 August 2015	2.6 °C17 December 2015	19.1 °C	1,106 mm	76	0
2014	41.6 °C6 August 2014	0.9 °C19 February 2014	18.4 °C	1,410 mm	54	0
2013	41.8 °C23 August 2013	0.6 °C1 January 2013	19.7 °C	1,173 mm	105	0
2012	37.9 °C11 August 2012	0.4 °C30 December 2012	17.9 °C	1,162 mm	63	0
2011	43.8 °C17 August 2011	0.2 °C12 January 2011	18.9 °C	929 mm	104	0
2010	41.2 °C11 August 2010	0.0 °C17 December 2010	18.4 °C	1,142 mm	68	0
2009	39.2 °C8 September 2009	2.2 °C27 January 2009	18.7 °C	1,113 mm	79	0
2008	38.4 °C27 July 2008	-1.6 °C29 January 2008	18.4 °C	1,166 mm	75	2
2007	36.9 °C22 August 2007	1.3 °C19 January 2007	18.9 °C	1,259 mm	83	0
2006	42.5 °C15 August 2006	1.0 °C9 January 2006	19.5 °C	1,023 mm	90	0
2005	36.8 °C1 July 2005	-0.1 °C2 January 2005	18.3 °C	1,263 mm	75	1
2004	37.7 °C11 August 2004	-0.6 °C31 December 2004	18.2 °C	1,744 mm	66	1
2003	37.7 °C25 August 2003	0.9 °C6 January 2003	18.6 °C	1,216 mm	63	0
2002	37.4 °C13 July 2002	0.9 °C28 December 2002	18.7 °C	1,286 mm	72	0
2001	40.9 °C6 August 2001	0.7 °C22 December 2001	18.8 °C	1,170 mm	62	0
2000	37.2 °C27 July 2000	1.7 °C1 January 2000	18.2 °C	1,484 mm	67	0
1999	35.7 °C1 August 1999	0.4 °C27 December 1999	18.5 °C	1,639 mm	62	0
1998	36.5 °C16 September 1998	1.5 °C20 January 1998	19.1 °C	1,636 mm	80	0
1997	41.3 °C31 August 1997	0.7 °C24 January 1997	18.6 °C	1,128 mm	80	0
1996	37.1 °C23 August 1996	0.7 °C22 February 1996	17.6 °C	1,408 mm	73	0
1995	42.3 °C6 September 1995	1.0 °C5 January 1995	18.3 °C	1,184 mm	79	0
1994	41.2 °C5 August 1994	0.3 °C21 January 1994	18.6 °C	1,312 mm	87	0
1993	35.9 °C13 July 1993	0.1 °C24 January 1993	17.8 °C	1,224 mm	53	0
1992	41.7 °C10 August 1992	0.4 °C16 January 1992	17.9 °C	1,091 mm	71	0
1991	37.2 °C28 July 1991	-3.1 °C28 December 1991	18.0 °C	1,144 mm	68	1
1990	38.0 °C27 August 1990	0.9 °C1 February 1990	18.5 °C	1,124 mm	86	0
1989	37.0 °C22 July 1989	0.5 °C16 January 1989	17.5 °C	1,349 mm	61	0
1988	37.0 °C2 May 1988	2.2 °C17 January 1988	17.8 °C	1,348 mm	68	0
1987	35.4 °C23 May 1987	1.1 °C27 January 1987	18.2 °C	1,392 mm	56	0
1986	36.9 °C11 August 1986	0.3 °C2 March 1986	17.5 °C	1,359 mm	64	0
1985	36.9 °C5 August 1985	1.6 °C15 December 1985	17.6 °C	1,434 mm	65	0
1984	36.6 °C1 August 1984	0.3 °C19 December 1984	17.6 °C	1,479 mm	63	0
1983	35.9 °C27 July 1983	1.4 °C31 December 1983	17.9 °C	1,469 mm	49	0
1982	36.8 °C3 August 1982	-2.1 °C27 December 1982	17.4 °C	1,479 mm	54	3
1981	37.0 °C19 August 1981	1.0 °C23 December 1981	17.9 °C	1,073 mm	73	0
1980	37.8 °C27 July 1980	-2.7 °C9 February 1980	17.9 °C	1,334 mm	53	6
1979	36.2 °C9 August 1979	-1.7 °C19 November 1979	18.1 °C	1,516 mm	61	5
1978	40.3 °C4 September 1978	0.3 °C18 January 1978	18.6 °C	1,020 mm	87	0
1977	37.2 °C9 September 1977	-3.3 °C30 January 1977	18.1 °C	1,153 mm	69	3
1976	40.2 °C7 August 1976	0.0 °C28 December 1976	17.6 °C	1,144 mm	57	0
1975	38.2 °C9 September 1975	-3.8 °C15 December 1975	18.3 °C	1,330 mm	72	5
1974	38.1 °C30 July 1974	1.2 °C18 January 1974	17.9 °C	1,482 mm	50	0
1973	37.3 °C26 August 1973	1.5 °C2 January 1973	18.8 °C	1,389 mm	73	0
1972	42.2 °C26 August 1972	0.7 °C8 February 1972	18.3 °C	1,306 mm	83	0
1971	40.1 °C1 September 1971	1.9 °C6 February 1971	18.4 °C	1,071 mm	73	0
1970	38.2 °C18 August 1970	-0.7 °C7 January 1970	17.8 °C	1,376 mm	69	2
1969	37.0 °C29 July 1969	-0.2 °C4 February 1969	18.4 °C	1,242 mm	82	1
1968	36.2 °C31 July 1968	0.0 °C7 February 1968	17.5 °C	1,662 mm	49	0
1967	37.5 °C11 August 1967	-2.2 °C6 January 1967	17.7 °C	1,550 mm	69	4
1966	34.8 °C3 August 1966	-1.2 °C29 January 1966	17.8 °C	1,240 mm	62	1
1965	33.6 °C29 July 1965	-0.5 °C20 December 1965	17.4 °C	1,575 mm	40	1
1964	38.7 °C20 July 1964	0.5 °C26 February 1964	18.2 °C	1,541 mm	68	0
1963	37.7 °C26 July 1963	-2.3 °C14 January 1963	18.9 °C	1,298 mm	82	2
1962	37.6 °C18 July 1962	-0.8 °C30 December 1962	18.2 °C	1,498 mm	75	1
1961	37.4 °C21 July 1961	0.6 °C17 January 1961	18.6 °C	1,440 mm	94	0
1960	36.4 °C4 August 1960	-0.1 °C3 January 1960	18.4 °C	1,415 mm	75	1
1959	40.8 °C28 August 1959	1.0 °C11 January 1959	18.9 °C	940 mm	96	0
1958	36.9 °C25 July 1958	0.2 °C15 January 1958	18.5 °C	1,186 mm	78	0
1957	38.4 °C31 August 1957	0.8 °C13 February 1957	18.1 °C	1,281 mm	54	0
1956	34.0 °C3 July 1956	-4.5 °C11 January 1956	17.8 °C	1,515 mm	68	7
1955	33.3 °C8 August 1955	-2.2 °C6 January 1955	17.9 °C	1,336 mm	55	6
1954	34.0 °C1 September 1954	-0.4 °C23 January 1954	17.9 °C	1,934 mm	63	3
1953	35.9 °C18 August 1953	1.3 °C19 January 1953	18.7 °C	1,569 mm	76	0
1952	35.3 °C4 July 1952	-1.0 °C7 January 1952	18.4 °C	1,564 mm	64	1
1951	34.3 °C8 September 1951	-3.4 °C14 January 1951	18.0 °C	1,377 mm	75	3
1950	33.4 °C23 July 1950	-0.4 °C17 December 1950	17.7 °C	1,799 mm	35	1
1949	34.2 °C14 September 1949	-1.8 °C8 January 1949	18.1 °C	1,416 mm	74	4
1948	33.5 °C13 August 1948	-3.0 °C28 January 1948	18.2 °C	1,408 mm	70	3
1947	33.2 °C25 July 1947	-3.6 °C20 December 1947	18.4 °C	1,454 mm	73	4
1946	38.7 °C19 July 1946	-1.1 °C4 January 1946	18.9 °C	945 mm	97	1
1945	33.4 °C5 June 1945	-4.7 °C11 February 1945	17.1 °C	1,408 mm	51	13
1944	35.0 °C4 August 1944	-3.9 °C19 December 1944	17.5 °C	1,161 mm	77	10
1943	32.1 °C4 August 1943	-2.4 °C8 February 1943	17.9 °C	1,951 mm	38	1
1942	32.1 °C4 July 1942	-0.8 °C8 January 1942	18.3 °C	1,465 mm	54	1
1941	34.4 °C11 July 1941	0.6 °C24 January 1941	18.0 °C	1,330 mm	50	0
1940	34.5 °C14 July 1940	-2.2 °C24 January 1940	17.8 °C	1,117 mm	73	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.4 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

110 d/yr

+39

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

1477 mm

+151 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	12.0 °C	+1.6 °C	54 mm	+23 mm
Feb	12.3 °C	-0.3 °C	48 mm	+14 mm
Mar	17.2 °C	-0.4 °C	64 mm	-3 mm
Apr	25.8 °C	+3.1 °C	82 mm	-32 mm
May	28.4 °C	+2.3 °C	85 mm	-71 mm
Jun	31.4 °C	+3.0 °C	144 mm	-29 mm
Jul	35.0 °C	+3.3 °C	298 mm	+89 mm
Aug	35.4 °C	+3.2 °C	215 mm	+35 mm
Sep	28.6 °C	+1.3 °C	266 mm	+117 mm
Oct	23.6 °C	+2.2 °C	149 mm	+45 mm
Nov	16.6 °C	0.0 °C	43 mm	-25 mm
Dec	13.4 °C	+1.8 °C	29 mm	-10 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.5 °C

5 Aug 2025

Coldest day

1.3 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

114.5 mm

23 Jul 2025

Windiest day

33.9 km/h

27 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

67.7 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

48.0 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.9 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

23 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pingtan?

Pingtan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 1,326 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pingtan?

The hottest day measured in Pingtan between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2011, reaching 43.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pingtan?

The coldest day measured in Pingtan between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1945, at -4.7 °C.

Does it snow in Pingtan?

Yes. Pingtan gets on average 2.1 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.

Has the climate of Pingtan warmed?

Yes: Pingtan warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pingtan?

The wettest day measured in Pingtan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2009, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pingtan?

The windiest day measured in Pingtan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1946, with winds reaching 62.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pingtan?

The warmest month in Pingtan is August (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Pingtan?

Pingtan receives on average 1,326 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pingtan?

Pingtan gets on average 6.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,263 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pingtan?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pingtan between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1980, with 7.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Pingtan?

Yes: Pingtan has on average 118 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pingtan?

In Pingtan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.0 °C on 16 July 2025, and the lowest was -8.0 °C on 9 January 1956.

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