Pingxiang climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pingxiang?

Pingxiang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 1,550 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pingxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1946, reaching 39.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pingxiang?

The coldest day measured in Pingxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1974, at 1.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pingxiang?

Almost never: Pingxiang sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Pingxiang warmed?

Yes: Pingxiang warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pingxiang?

The wettest day measured in Pingxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 1948, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pingxiang?

The windiest day measured in Pingxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1980, with winds reaching 51.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pingxiang?

The warmest month in Pingxiang is July (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pingxiang?

Pingxiang receives on average 1,550 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pingxiang?

Pingxiang gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pingxiang (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 1,550 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 (27.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Pingxiang averages 0 frost days, 95 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 179 rainy days per year.

Pingxiang has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.9 °C (on 30 July 1946) and the coldest 1.1 °C (on 1 January 1974).

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

PingxiangGuangxi

coords: 22.10°, 106.76°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

21.5°C

Average daily high

25.3°C

Average daily low

18.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,550mm

Sunshine / day

7.0h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

13.8km/h

Seasonal range

13.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

179 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.9 °C

Average feels-like low

20.3 °C

Average peak gust

32.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

186 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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

39.9 °C

30 July 1946

Coldest day

1.1 °C

1 January 1974

Wettest day

189 mm

29 September 1948

Windiest day

51.2 km/h

23 July 1980

Strongest gust

126.0 km/h

23 July 1980

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

26 July 2024

Coldest feels-like

-3.4 °C

24 January 2016

Snowiest day

1.1 cm

24 January 2016

Sunniest day

13.2 h

29 June 1956

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.5 °C30 July 2025	6.0 °C12 January 2025	22.2 °C	1,790 mm	116
2024	36.5 °C26 July 2024	4.7 °C24 January 2024	22.7 °C	1,811 mm	127
2023	37.1 °C22 May 2023	5.4 °C31 January 2023	22.8 °C	1,352 mm	129
2022	34.3 °C19 June 2022	5.1 °C21 February 2022	21.8 °C	1,619 mm	106
2021	36.7 °C20 June 2021	5.2 °C2 January 2021	22.5 °C	1,368 mm	139
2020	36.1 °C21 May 2020	6.5 °C17 December 2020	22.3 °C	1,396 mm	116
2019	36.1 °C19 May 2019	5.7 °C8 December 2019	22.5 °C	1,621 mm	127
2018	35.9 °C5 July 2018	4.6 °C31 December 2018	22.1 °C	1,662 mm	101
2017	37.9 °C3 June 2017	7.5 °C20 December 2017	22.1 °C	1,722 mm	103
2016	35.7 °C3 June 2016	2.1 °C24 January 2016	22.3 °C	1,469 mm	130
2015	35.8 °C3 July 2015	6.1 °C13 January 2015	22.6 °C	1,491 mm	121
2014	35.4 °C14 May 2014	2.7 °C23 January 2014	21.8 °C	1,666 mm	111
2013	35.8 °C16 May 2013	3.0 °C20 December 2013	21.6 °C	1,461 mm	96
2012	36.7 °C4 May 2012	4.9 °C5 January 2012	21.5 °C	1,594 mm	109
2011	35.2 °C31 August 2011	4.3 °C11 January 2011	20.6 °C	1,333 mm	101
2010	35.3 °C21 May 2010	4.8 °C17 December 2010	22.2 °C	1,515 mm	114
2009	34.8 °C20 June 2009	4.6 °C11 January 2009	22.4 °C	1,171 mm	130
2008	34.9 °C30 July 2008	3.2 °C1 February 2008	21.1 °C	1,597 mm	104
2007	35.4 °C24 May 2007	6.3 °C29 November 2007	22.0 °C	1,264 mm	106
2006	35.6 °C12 April 2006	6.1 °C22 December 2006	22.2 °C	1,476 mm	121
2005	34.9 °C17 May 2005	5.6 °C19 December 2005	21.6 °C	1,141 mm	117
2004	36.1 °C1 July 2004	3.3 °C9 February 2004	21.5 °C	1,090 mm	96
2003	36.4 °C7 May 2003	3.6 °C7 January 2003	22.4 °C	1,233 mm	111
2002	34.5 °C21 May 2002	3.9 °C27 December 2002	21.9 °C	1,548 mm	101
2001	34.8 °C6 July 2001	3.9 °C25 December 2001	21.6 °C	1,971 mm	88
2000	34.7 °C5 July 2000	3.8 °C2 February 2000	21.6 °C	1,280 mm	104
1999	34.9 °C6 June 1999	1.9 °C25 December 1999	21.8 °C	1,393 mm	107
1998	35.4 °C24 April 1998	5.1 °C20 January 1998	22.6 °C	1,074 mm	113
1997	35.4 °C9 June 1997	6.8 °C12 January 1997	21.7 °C	1,974 mm	80
1996	35.4 °C2 August 1996	3.3 °C21 February 1996	21.1 °C	1,555 mm	90
1995	34.6 °C25 May 1995	4.3 °C31 December 1995	21.4 °C	1,545 mm	83
1994	35.7 °C2 May 1994	5.9 °C20 January 1994	21.8 °C	1,791 mm	83
1993	34.3 °C26 July 1993	4.0 °C30 January 1993	21.6 °C	1,531 mm	103
1992	35.1 °C8 May 1992	6.3 °C15 January 1992	21.4 °C	1,258 mm	107
1991	35.2 °C24 May 1991	3.7 °C28 December 1991	22.1 °C	1,109 mm	113
1990	36.6 °C10 September 1990	5.6 °C1 February 1990	21.9 °C	1,646 mm	90
1989	35.0 °C18 June 1989	4.7 °C29 January 1989	21.3 °C	1,430 mm	101
1988	36.2 °C24 May 1988	4.4 °C19 February 1988	21.0 °C	1,379 mm	86
1987	35.2 °C10 March 1987	4.4 °C8 December 1987	22.4 °C	1,586 mm	121
1986	35.9 °C2 July 1986	3.6 °C11 January 1986	21.6 °C	1,876 mm	99
1985	34.9 °C6 May 1985	5.0 °C25 December 1985	20.9 °C	1,711 mm	109
1984	35.0 °C19 March 1984	3.4 °C9 January 1984	20.8 °C	1,545 mm	98
1983	36.8 °C15 April 1983	3.0 °C23 January 1983	21.1 °C	1,441 mm	121
1982	34.3 °C21 June 1982	1.2 °C27 December 1982	21.5 °C	1,730 mm	90
1981	35.0 °C25 August 1981	5.0 °C12 January 1981	21.6 °C	1,860 mm	102
1980	34.9 °C22 April 1980	3.9 °C7 February 1980	21.7 °C	1,757 mm	96
1979	35.3 °C29 July 1979	6.2 °C16 January 1979	21.6 °C	1,637 mm	90
1978	35.2 °C25 June 1978	5.2 °C21 January 1978	21.2 °C	2,237 mm	82
1977	35.0 °C16 June 1977	2.0 °C31 January 1977	21.2 °C	1,550 mm	90
1976	34.4 °C17 June 1976	3.8 °C29 December 1976	20.9 °C	1,527 mm	92
1975	33.9 °C30 July 1975	1.6 °C30 December 1975	21.5 °C	1,837 mm	108
1974	34.6 °C2 June 1974	1.1 °C1 January 1974	21.2 °C	1,623 mm	94
1973	38.0 °C8 April 1973	1.5 °C27 December 1973	22.0 °C	2,363 mm	105
1972	35.6 °C10 July 1972	3.9 °C16 January 1972	21.6 °C	1,859 mm	103
1971	35.3 °C22 July 1971	2.2 °C5 January 1971	21.2 °C	1,678 mm	81
1970	35.8 °C12 May 1970	4.5 °C31 January 1970	21.3 °C	1,529 mm	100
1969	37.6 °C13 May 1969	5.4 °C6 February 1969	21.7 °C	1,256 mm	122
1968	35.2 °C28 July 1968	2.5 °C14 February 1968	21.5 °C	1,695 mm	88
1967	35.0 °C12 July 1967	1.3 °C17 January 1967	21.0 °C	1,325 mm	106
1966	34.3 °C12 May 1966	3.4 °C1 January 1966	21.1 °C	1,722 mm	53
1965	33.8 °C21 July 1965	2.2 °C18 December 1965	21.0 °C	1,767 mm	56
1964	35.6 °C1 June 1964	3.9 °C25 February 1964	21.3 °C	1,520 mm	96
1963	34.3 °C5 September 1963	1.9 °C15 January 1963	21.5 °C	1,482 mm	102
1962	35.0 °C30 July 1962	3.3 °C28 January 1962	21.3 °C	1,614 mm	104
1961	34.7 °C1 June 1961	2.0 °C19 January 1961	21.7 °C	1,574 mm	100
1960	35.4 °C27 April 1960	3.6 °C24 January 1960	21.8 °C	1,598 mm	91
1959	34.7 °C30 August 1959	5.6 °C3 March 1959	21.3 °C	1,457 mm	84
1958	39.1 °C11 May 1958	2.8 °C2 February 1958	21.9 °C	1,447 mm	118
1957	36.1 °C15 August 1957	2.6 °C14 February 1957	21.8 °C	1,409 mm	106
1956	35.1 °C19 April 1956	2.9 °C10 January 1956	21.2 °C	1,238 mm	78
1955	34.5 °C16 April 1955	1.3 °C12 January 1955	21.3 °C	1,169 mm	55
1954	35.0 °C29 July 1954	4.5 °C26 January 1954	21.7 °C	1,183 mm	84
1953	34.1 °C13 August 1953	4.6 °C13 December 1953	21.5 °C	1,566 mm	80
1952	33.5 °C11 July 1952	2.8 °C19 February 1952	21.9 °C	1,732 mm	74
1951	33.4 °C10 April 1951	2.6 °C13 January 1951	21.1 °C	1,786 mm	54
1950	34.8 °C21 April 1950	4.8 °C14 February 1950	21.4 °C	1,790 mm	52
1949	37.0 °C14 June 1949	2.6 °C10 January 1949	21.8 °C	1,237 mm	79
1948	33.9 °C14 March 1948	2.7 °C26 January 1948	21.3 °C	1,659 mm	76
1947	33.3 °C18 July 1947	3.3 °C20 December 1947	20.8 °C	1,595 mm	45
1946	39.9 °C30 July 1946	4.5 °C8 January 1946	22.6 °C	695 mm	138
1945	32.1 °C21 June 1945	2.8 °C4 February 1945	19.8 °C	1,623 mm	40
1944	36.7 °C8 April 1944	1.7 °C21 December 1944	20.9 °C	1,703 mm	38
1943	33.9 °C29 May 1943	3.7 °C13 January 1943	20.7 °C	1,448 mm	54
1942	32.6 °C6 August 1942	4.6 °C13 February 1942	20.7 °C	1,986 mm	28
1941	33.0 °C26 April 1941	5.9 °C4 February 1941	20.8 °C	1,773 mm	29
1940	32.4 °C1 July 1940	2.8 °C25 January 1940	20.5 °C	1,546 mm	43

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.9 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

116 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1790 mm

+240 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.0 °C	+2.7 °C	12 mm	-26 mm
Feb	16.5 °C	-2.0 °C	34 mm	-5 mm
Mar	22.6 °C	+0.3 °C	44 mm	-17 mm
Apr	28.1 °C	+1.7 °C	77 mm	-24 mm
May	29.0 °C	-0.2 °C	234 mm	+28 mm
Jun	30.9 °C	+0.4 °C	229 mm	-21 mm
Jul	31.9 °C	+1.0 °C	290 mm	+57 mm
Aug	30.6 °C	+0.2 °C	292 mm	+29 mm
Sep	30.5 °C	+1.2 °C	251 mm	+70 mm
Oct	27.2 °C	+0.7 °C	203 mm	+105 mm
Nov	21.7 °C	-1.3 °C	63 mm	+15 mm
Dec	20.9 °C	+1.8 °C	61 mm	+30 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.5 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest day

6.0 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

104.9 mm

6 Oct 2025

Windiest day

32.3 km/h

22 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

69.8 km/h

6 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.7 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.8 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

1 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pingxiang?

Pingxiang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 1,550 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pingxiang?

The hottest day measured in Pingxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1946, reaching 39.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pingxiang?

The coldest day measured in Pingxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1974, at 1.1 °C.

Does it snow in Pingxiang?

Almost never: Pingxiang sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Pingxiang warmed?

Yes: Pingxiang warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pingxiang?

The wettest day measured in Pingxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 1948, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pingxiang?

The windiest day measured in Pingxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1980, with winds reaching 51.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pingxiang?

The warmest month in Pingxiang is July (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Pingxiang?

Pingxiang receives on average 1,550 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pingxiang?

Pingxiang gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pingxiang?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pingxiang between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, with 1.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Pingxiang?

Yes: Pingxiang has on average 186 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pingxiang?

In Pingxiang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 26 July 2024, and the lowest was -3.4 °C on 24 January 2016.

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