Pingyin climate — normals and trends
Pingyin (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 776 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 (26.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Pingyin averages 92 frost days, 63 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
Pingyin 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 103 to 81 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.2 °C (on 15 July 2002) and the coldest -26.2 °C (on 17 January 1958).
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
PingyinShandong
- coords
- 36.28°, 116.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.8°C
Average daily high
18.7°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
776mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
28.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
92 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
63 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
13.5 cm
Average feels-like high
17.8 °C
Average feels-like low
7.9 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
80 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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
41.2 °C
15 July 2002
Coldest day
-26.2 °C
17 January 1958
Wettest day
173 mm
22 August 1947
Windiest day
42.7 km/h
13 May 1977
Strongest gust
83.2 km/h
20 July 2016
Hottest feels-like
44.7 °C
12 July 2012
Coldest feels-like
-30.7 °C
17 January 1958
Snowiest day
13.8 cm
1 March 1971
Sunniest day
14.0 h
3 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 7.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 2 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 15.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 45 mm | +25 mm |
| Apr | 23.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 26 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 27.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 12 mm | -45 mm |
| Jun | 32.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 46 mm | -44 mm |
| Jul | 34.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 92 mm | -135 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 132 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 26.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 125 mm | +50 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | -2.5 °C | 154 mm | +116 mm |
| Nov | 15.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 6 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 8.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 10 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pingyin?
Pingyin has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 776 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pingyin?
The hottest day measured in Pingyin between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2002, reaching 41.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pingyin?
The coldest day measured in Pingyin between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1958, at -26.2 °C.
Does it snow in Pingyin?
Yes. Pingyin gets on average 13.5 cm of snow per year and has around 92 frost days.
Has the climate of Pingyin warmed?
Yes: Pingyin warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pingyin?
The wettest day measured in Pingyin between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1947, with 173 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pingyin?
The windiest day measured in Pingyin between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1977, with winds reaching 42.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pingyin?
The warmest month in Pingyin is July (26.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Pingyin?
Pingyin receives on average 776 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pingyin?
Pingyin gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pingyin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pingyin between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1971, with 13.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pingyin?
Yes: Pingyin has on average 80 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pingyin?
In Pingyin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 12 July 2012, and the lowest was -30.7 °C on 17 January 1958.
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