Pingwu County climate — normals and trends
Pingwu County (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 1,502 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Pingwu County averages 114 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 213 rainy days per year.
Pingwu County has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 119 to 109 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.0 °C (on 1 August 2021) and the coldest -19.4 °C (on 26 January 1954).
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
Pingwu CountySichuan
- coords
- 32.41°, 104.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,502mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
7.3km/h
Seasonal range
21.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
213 d/yr
Annual snowfall
80.7 cm
Average feels-like high
11.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
29.0 °C
1 August 2021
Coldest day
-19.4 °C
26 January 1954
Wettest day
208 mm
17 August 1946
Windiest day
22.9 km/h
16 May 1946
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
27 July 1946
Hottest feels-like
34.0 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-23.9 °C
26 January 1954
Snowiest day
9.0 cm
22 March 1940
Sunniest day
14.0 h
29 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 36 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | 1.6 °C | -1.3 °C | 58 mm | +26 mm |
| Mar | 7.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 60 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 44 mm | -48 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 133 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 21.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 178 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 265 mm | -36 mm |
| Aug | 23.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 264 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 19.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 213 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 238 mm | +122 mm |
| Nov | 8.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 44 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 14 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pingwu County?
Pingwu County has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 1,502 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pingwu County?
The hottest day measured in Pingwu County between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2021, reaching 29.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pingwu County?
The coldest day measured in Pingwu County between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1954, at -19.4 °C.
Does it snow in Pingwu County?
Yes. Pingwu County gets on average 80.7 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Pingwu County warmed?
Yes: Pingwu County warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pingwu County?
The wettest day measured in Pingwu County between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1946, with 208 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pingwu County?
The windiest day measured in Pingwu County between 1940 and 2025 was 16 May 1946, with winds reaching 22.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pingwu County?
The warmest month in Pingwu County is July (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Pingwu County?
Pingwu County receives on average 1,502 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 213 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pingwu County?
Pingwu County gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pingwu County?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pingwu County between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1940, with 9.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pingwu County?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pingwu County.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pingwu County?
In Pingwu County, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.0 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -23.9 °C on 26 January 1954.
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