Pingyi climate — normals and trends
Pingyi (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 895 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 (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Pingyi averages 101 frost days, 39 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Pingyi has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 114 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 3 July 1941) and the coldest -22.9 °C (on 16 January 1955).
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
PingyiShandong
- coords
- 35.50°, 117.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.8°C
Average daily high
17.5°C
Average daily low
8.4°C
Annual rainfall
895mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
27.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
101 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
39 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.5 cm
Average feels-like high
16.6 °C
Average feels-like low
6.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
62 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
39.5 °C
3 July 1941
Coldest day
-22.9 °C
16 January 1955
Wettest day
239 mm
16 July 1954
Windiest day
39.2 km/h
6 April 2018
Strongest gust
89.3 km/h
25 June 1971
Hottest feels-like
43.5 °C
9 August 1967
Coldest feels-like
-28.8 °C
16 January 1955
Snowiest day
15.6 cm
25 February 2021
Sunniest day
14.0 h
26 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 2 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 6.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 3 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 14.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 52 mm | +23 mm |
| Apr | 22.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 37 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 25.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 25 mm | -38 mm |
| Jun | 30.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 100 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 32.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 59 mm | -205 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 162 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 202 mm | +114 mm |
| Oct | 17.6 °C | -1.5 °C | 124 mm | +83 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 6 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 7.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 13 mm | 0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pingyi?
Pingyi has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 895 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pingyi?
The hottest day measured in Pingyi between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1941, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pingyi?
The coldest day measured in Pingyi between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1955, at -22.9 °C.
Does it snow in Pingyi?
Yes. Pingyi gets on average 17.5 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.
Has the climate of Pingyi warmed?
Yes: Pingyi warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pingyi?
The wettest day measured in Pingyi between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1954, with 239 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pingyi?
The windiest day measured in Pingyi between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 2018, with winds reaching 39.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pingyi?
The warmest month in Pingyi is July (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Pingyi?
Pingyi receives on average 895 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pingyi?
Pingyi gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pingyi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pingyi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2021, with 15.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pingyi?
Yes: Pingyi has on average 62 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pingyi?
In Pingyi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 9 August 1967, and the lowest was -28.8 °C on 16 January 1955.
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