Puning climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Puning?

Puning has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 1,522 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Puning between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2004, reaching 39.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Puning?

The coldest day measured in Puning between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -0.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Puning?

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

Q: Has the climate of Puning warmed?

Yes: Puning warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Puning?

The wettest day measured in Puning between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1970, with 239 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Puning?

The windiest day measured in Puning between 1940 and 2025 was 21 October 2016, with winds reaching 63.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Puning?

The warmest month in Puning is July (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Puning?

Puning receives on average 1,522 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Puning?

Puning gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Puning (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 1,522 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 (28.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Puning averages 0 frost days, 95 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 156 rainy days per year.

Puning has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 1 July 2004) and the coldest -0.6 °C (on 11 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

PuningGuangdong

coords: 23.31°, 116.17°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

21.8°C

Average daily high

25.6°C

Average daily low

18.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,522mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

14.4km/h

Seasonal range

14.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

156 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.0 °C

Average feels-like low

20.7 °C

Average peak gust

34.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

184 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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

39.3 °C

1 July 2004

Coldest day

-0.6 °C

11 January 1955

Wettest day

239 mm

14 September 1970

Windiest day

63.6 km/h

21 October 2016

Strongest gust

160.9 km/h

19 July 1988

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

4 August 2024

Coldest feels-like

-5.3 °C

11 January 1955

Snowiest day

0.4 cm

24 January 2016

Sunniest day

13.0 h

21 June 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.1 °C7 July 2025	5.7 °C12 January 2025	23.0 °C	1,768 mm	145	0
2024	36.3 °C4 August 2024	3.4 °C24 January 2024	23.2 °C	2,075 mm	126	0
2023	37.1 °C30 May 2023	4.8 °C29 January 2023	23.1 °C	1,599 mm	127	0
2022	36.6 °C24 July 2022	5.2 °C19 December 2022	22.6 °C	1,707 mm	126	0
2021	36.4 °C16 May 2021	2.5 °C13 January 2021	23.4 °C	1,257 mm	149	0
2020	37.0 °C14 July 2020	4.3 °C31 December 2020	23.2 °C	1,063 mm	124	0
2019	36.9 °C9 August 2019	7.4 °C23 January 2019	23.2 °C	1,396 mm	128	0
2018	37.7 °C23 May 2018	3.6 °C6 February 2018	22.8 °C	1,367 mm	121	0
2017	36.6 °C30 July 2017	6.9 °C12 February 2017	22.8 °C	1,442 mm	122	0
2016	36.2 °C29 July 2016	0.7 °C25 January 2016	22.7 °C	2,184 mm	131	0
2015	35.6 °C8 August 2015	5.6 °C15 January 2015	22.9 °C	1,508 mm	127	0
2014	35.9 °C1 August 2014	3.6 °C20 February 2014	22.4 °C	1,344 mm	128	0
2013	34.8 °C9 August 2013	3.7 °C29 December 2013	22.3 °C	1,832 mm	100	0
2012	36.4 °C1 August 2012	4.0 °C31 December 2012	22.3 °C	1,528 mm	112	0
2011	34.4 °C25 June 2011	4.6 °C17 January 2011	21.9 °C	1,535 mm	104	0
2010	35.5 °C5 July 2010	1.0 °C17 December 2010	22.2 °C	1,640 mm	105	0
2009	36.8 °C13 September 2009	2.9 °C11 January 2009	22.7 °C	1,057 mm	136	0
2008	36.6 °C27 July 2008	5.9 °C3 February 2008	22.2 °C	1,583 mm	112	0
2007	34.8 °C2 August 2007	4.8 °C29 January 2007	22.6 °C	1,497 mm	121	0
2006	36.0 °C13 July 2006	5.1 °C7 January 2006	22.5 °C	1,979 mm	111	0
2005	36.5 °C19 July 2005	2.3 °C1 January 2005	22.2 °C	1,400 mm	108	0
2004	39.3 °C1 July 2004	3.6 °C25 January 2004	22.3 °C	1,034 mm	120	0
2003	36.2 °C15 July 2003	6.1 °C28 January 2003	22.3 °C	1,314 mm	111	0
2002	34.9 °C5 July 2002	5.6 °C27 December 2002	22.8 °C	1,206 mm	116	0
2001	34.6 °C4 July 2001	4.9 °C23 December 2001	22.6 °C	1,651 mm	110	0
2000	37.7 °C5 June 2000	4.6 °C27 January 2000	22.4 °C	1,482 mm	119	0
1999	34.9 °C20 August 1999	0.8 °C23 December 1999	22.4 °C	1,745 mm	111	0
1998	37.1 °C4 August 1998	7.6 °C8 February 1998	22.9 °C	1,836 mm	126	0
1997	35.3 °C29 August 1997	4.8 °C11 January 1997	22.1 °C	1,961 mm	92	0
1996	34.9 °C31 July 1996	5.3 °C20 February 1996	21.8 °C	1,582 mm	105	0
1995	35.7 °C22 July 1995	4.5 °C6 January 1995	21.7 °C	1,600 mm	95	0
1994	35.2 °C10 July 1994	4.3 °C21 January 1994	22.1 °C	1,562 mm	84	0
1993	33.6 °C29 July 1993	3.2 °C29 January 1993	21.6 °C	1,559 mm	96	0
1992	34.4 °C29 July 1992	3.4 °C15 January 1992	21.5 °C	1,864 mm	87	0
1991	35.3 °C3 June 1991	0.9 °C29 December 1991	22.2 °C	1,461 mm	113	0
1990	36.6 °C17 August 1990	4.0 °C1 February 1990	22.1 °C	1,872 mm	88	0
1989	35.4 °C14 August 1989	5.0 °C14 January 1989	21.7 °C	1,570 mm	95	0
1988	35.0 °C6 July 1988	6.3 °C13 December 1988	21.6 °C	1,407 mm	103	0
1987	34.7 °C12 July 1987	4.9 °C7 December 1987	22.1 °C	1,433 mm	93	0
1986	34.4 °C1 August 1986	2.9 °C1 March 1986	21.4 °C	1,885 mm	86	0
1985	34.1 °C22 June 1985	3.4 °C16 December 1985	21.4 °C	1,875 mm	76	0
1984	33.8 °C7 August 1984	3.6 °C9 January 1984	21.1 °C	1,463 mm	75	0
1983	33.5 °C11 July 1983	3.8 °C30 December 1983	21.4 °C	2,076 mm	106	0
1982	36.8 °C28 July 1982	3.2 °C28 December 1982	21.6 °C	1,537 mm	85	0
1981	34.0 °C21 August 1981	3.7 °C12 January 1981	21.8 °C	1,506 mm	76	0
1980	35.0 °C10 July 1980	2.8 °C31 January 1980	21.6 °C	1,395 mm	97	0
1979	35.3 °C4 July 1979	2.6 °C1 February 1979	21.7 °C	1,580 mm	86	0
1978	34.6 °C18 August 1978	3.7 °C21 January 1978	21.7 °C	1,948 mm	92	0
1977	35.0 °C7 May 1977	3.8 °C5 January 1977	21.9 °C	1,281 mm	115	0
1976	34.8 °C26 May 1976	3.9 °C12 January 1976	21.4 °C	1,611 mm	80	0
1975	34.2 °C28 July 1975	2.4 °C16 December 1975	21.8 °C	2,118 mm	103	0
1974	35.2 °C21 August 1974	2.1 °C26 February 1974	21.7 °C	1,770 mm	99	0
1973	33.5 °C30 July 1973	3.5 °C3 January 1973	22.1 °C	2,214 mm	82	0
1972	34.2 °C22 July 1972	2.8 °C9 February 1972	21.7 °C	1,894 mm	84	0
1971	35.7 °C25 July 1971	4.6 °C6 January 1971	21.4 °C	1,541 mm	105	0
1970	34.5 °C31 July 1970	3.3 °C16 January 1970	21.6 °C	1,782 mm	107	0
1969	35.5 °C26 September 1969	2.4 °C5 February 1969	21.4 °C	1,380 mm	108	0
1968	34.4 °C29 July 1968	5.0 °C7 February 1968	21.5 °C	1,665 mm	83	0
1967	34.7 °C29 June 1967	0.9 °C16 January 1967	21.5 °C	1,202 mm	100	0
1966	33.5 °C16 August 1966	4.3 °C23 February 1966	21.5 °C	1,421 mm	52	0
1965	32.6 °C26 July 1965	3.7 °C9 January 1965	20.7 °C	1,524 mm	29	0
1964	34.8 °C7 August 1964	5.5 °C22 December 1964	21.8 °C	1,517 mm	91	0
1963	34.6 °C16 July 1963	0.7 °C28 January 1963	21.9 °C	885 mm	117	0
1962	35.7 °C2 August 1962	2.9 °C2 January 1962	21.6 °C	1,218 mm	111	0
1961	34.4 °C18 June 1961	3.3 °C18 January 1961	22.0 °C	2,337 mm	91	0
1960	34.2 °C8 August 1960	3.5 °C4 January 1960	22.0 °C	1,750 mm	91	0
1959	34.4 °C29 August 1959	2.6 °C11 January 1959	22.1 °C	1,486 mm	92	0
1958	35.0 °C15 July 1958	4.2 °C5 January 1958	21.6 °C	1,313 mm	91	0
1957	34.5 °C10 August 1957	0.9 °C12 February 1957	21.4 °C	1,554 mm	84	0
1956	36.9 °C31 July 1956	0.2 °C10 January 1956	21.4 °C	908 mm	122	0
1955	33.0 °C24 August 1955	-0.6 °C11 January 1955	20.9 °C	1,018 mm	52	1
1954	34.6 °C15 August 1954	3.3 °C16 December 1954	21.4 °C	1,142 mm	98	0
1953	34.3 °C5 August 1953	4.0 °C7 January 1953	21.4 °C	1,255 mm	78	0
1952	33.3 °C10 June 1952	3.1 °C10 December 1952	21.7 °C	1,227 mm	74	0
1951	33.4 °C31 July 1951	3.3 °C14 January 1951	21.2 °C	1,409 mm	52	0
1950	32.0 °C20 July 1950	2.5 °C10 December 1950	21.0 °C	1,418 mm	51	0
1949	33.4 °C8 June 1949	2.1 °C9 January 1949	21.5 °C	1,167 mm	70	0
1948	33.8 °C6 July 1948	4.1 °C27 January 1948	21.3 °C	1,142 mm	56	0
1947	31.7 °C29 July 1947	3.9 °C31 December 1947	20.5 °C	1,905 mm	29	0
1946	33.9 °C5 April 1946	2.5 °C6 January 1946	21.4 °C	902 mm	76	0
1945	32.7 °C31 July 1945	2.8 °C17 January 1945	20.2 °C	1,648 mm	44	0
1944	32.0 °C7 July 1944	3.3 °C9 December 1944	20.8 °C	1,439 mm	35	0
1943	35.1 °C27 May 1943	3.2 °C12 January 1943	21.2 °C	638 mm	101	0
1942	33.4 °C15 August 1942	2.8 °C7 December 1942	20.8 °C	1,422 mm	60	0
1941	32.0 °C8 August 1941	5.5 °C5 February 1941	20.8 °C	1,532 mm	41	0
1940	33.8 °C30 August 1940	1.0 °C25 January 1940	20.4 °C	1,106 mm	40	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.9 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

145 d/yr

+50

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1769 mm

+247 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.0 °C	+1.7 °C	5 mm	-22 mm
Feb	19.2 °C	+0.3 °C	53 mm	+8 mm
Mar	23.2 °C	+1.4 °C	73 mm	+10 mm
Apr	27.4 °C	+2.0 °C	115 mm	+9 mm
May	29.3 °C	+1.0 °C	175 mm	-30 mm
Jun	31.4 °C	+1.4 °C	194 mm	-71 mm
Jul	32.4 °C	+1.0 °C	380 mm	+158 mm
Aug	31.6 °C	+0.5 °C	321 mm	+67 mm
Sep	31.9 °C	+1.8 °C	339 mm	+150 mm
Oct	29.5 °C	+2.1 °C	71 mm	+2 mm
Nov	24.4 °C	+0.3 °C	24 mm	-23 mm
Dec	22.5 °C	+2.5 °C	18 mm	-12 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.1 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest day

5.7 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

86.2 mm

24 Sep 2025

Windiest day

42.7 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

97.9 km/h

20 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.0 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Puning?

Puning has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 1,522 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puning?

The hottest day measured in Puning between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2004, reaching 39.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Puning?

The coldest day measured in Puning between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1955, at -0.6 °C.

Does it snow in Puning?

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

Has the climate of Puning warmed?

Yes: Puning warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Puning?

The wettest day measured in Puning between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1970, with 239 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Puning?

The windiest day measured in Puning between 1940 and 2025 was 21 October 2016, with winds reaching 63.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Puning?

The warmest month in Puning is July (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Puning?

Puning receives on average 1,522 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Puning?

Puning 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 Puning?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Puning between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, with 0.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Puning?

Yes: Puning has on average 184 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puning?

In Puning, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 4 August 2024, and the lowest was -5.3 °C on 11 January 1955.

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