Putian climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Putian?

Putian has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,415 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Putian between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2017, reaching 38.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Putian?

The coldest day measured in Putian between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1991, at -3.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Putian?

Almost never: Putian sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Putian warmed?

Yes: Putian warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Putian?

The wettest day measured in Putian between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 1999, with 229 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Putian?

The windiest day measured in Putian between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1982, with winds reaching 49.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Putian?

The warmest month in Putian is July (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Putian?

Putian receives on average 1,415 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Putian?

Putian gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Putian (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,415 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 (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Putian averages 1 frost days, 82 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.

Putian has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 27 September 2017) and the coldest -3.3 °C (on 29 December 1991).

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

PutianFujian

coords: 25.44°, 119.01°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

19.6°C

Average daily high

23.7°C

Average daily low

16.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,415mm

Sunshine / day

8.0h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

14.1km/h

Seasonal range

17.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

82 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

139 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

25.3 °C

Average feels-like low

17.4 °C

Average peak gust

37.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

144 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

38.3 °C

27 September 2017

Coldest day

-3.3 °C

29 December 1991

Wettest day

229 mm

9 October 1999

Windiest day

49.2 km/h

29 July 1982

Strongest gust

149.8 km/h

8 August 2015

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

6 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

-7.4 °C

29 December 1991

Snowiest day

3.2 cm

14 December 1975

Sunniest day

13.6 h

9 June 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.3 °C7 July 2025	1.0 °C12 January 2025	21.3 °C	1,340 mm	139	0
2024	37.2 °C20 July 2024	1.3 °C24 January 2024	21.2 °C	1,806 mm	103	0
2023	37.6 °C9 July 2023	0.6 °C29 January 2023	21.0 °C	1,509 mm	112	0
2022	38.1 °C21 August 2022	1.9 °C21 February 2022	20.6 °C	1,732 mm	110	0
2021	36.9 °C25 July 2021	-1.9 °C13 January 2021	21.3 °C	1,355 mm	131	1
2020	36.7 °C24 July 2020	2.7 °C19 February 2020	21.2 °C	1,069 mm	115	0
2019	36.4 °C10 August 2019	4.1 °C23 January 2019	20.8 °C	1,353 mm	108	0
2018	35.2 °C26 May 2018	0.7 °C6 February 2018	20.8 °C	1,526 mm	114	0
2017	38.3 °C27 September 2017	3.9 °C13 February 2017	20.9 °C	1,278 mm	107	0
2016	36.2 °C1 June 2016	-2.5 °C25 January 2016	20.7 °C	2,176 mm	103	2
2015	36.0 °C5 April 2015	2.4 °C10 February 2015	20.7 °C	1,628 mm	91	0
2014	36.7 °C1 August 2014	0.4 °C23 January 2014	20.6 °C	1,285 mm	110	0
2013	35.2 °C8 August 2013	2.0 °C30 December 2013	20.3 °C	1,643 mm	87	0
2012	35.6 °C10 July 2012	0.7 °C31 December 2012	20.1 °C	1,650 mm	92	0
2011	35.1 °C23 July 2011	2.3 °C17 January 2011	20.0 °C	1,326 mm	104	0
2010	36.5 °C3 July 2010	-0.7 °C17 December 2010	20.1 °C	1,430 mm	90	1
2009	35.4 °C16 May 2009	0.2 °C14 January 2009	20.7 °C	1,107 mm	113	0
2008	35.1 °C13 August 2008	2.5 °C15 February 2008	20.4 °C	1,637 mm	102	0
2007	35.6 °C20 July 2007	1.7 °C29 January 2007	20.7 °C	1,534 mm	102	0
2006	36.2 °C16 August 2006	1.7 °C8 January 2006	20.7 °C	1,893 mm	88	0
2005	35.8 °C6 August 2005	-0.4 °C23 December 2005	20.1 °C	1,612 mm	93	1
2004	37.9 °C3 July 2004	1.4 °C25 January 2004	20.4 °C	1,453 mm	115	0
2003	36.9 °C26 July 2003	3.3 °C13 January 2003	20.4 °C	1,093 mm	102	0
2002	36.8 °C4 July 2002	2.2 °C27 December 2002	20.6 °C	1,334 mm	101	0
2001	34.6 °C5 August 2001	1.7 °C24 December 2001	20.2 °C	1,536 mm	81	0
2000	36.0 °C4 June 2000	2.0 °C28 January 2000	20.1 °C	1,719 mm	87	0
1999	34.4 °C18 August 1999	-1.5 °C23 December 1999	20.1 °C	1,587 mm	87	4
1998	35.4 °C16 July 1998	3.1 °C25 January 1998	20.7 °C	1,525 mm	89	0
1997	33.8 °C28 July 1997	1.5 °C11 January 1997	19.9 °C	1,702 mm	67	0
1996	35.0 °C21 July 1996	1.9 °C10 February 1996	19.5 °C	1,439 mm	92	0
1995	35.2 °C8 September 1995	0.7 °C31 December 1995	19.3 °C	1,134 mm	77	0
1994	34.3 °C1 July 1994	0.5 °C22 January 1994	20.3 °C	1,504 mm	87	0
1993	35.7 °C16 July 1993	-0.4 °C29 January 1993	19.8 °C	1,269 mm	89	2
1992	34.8 °C27 July 1992	0.5 °C16 January 1992	19.2 °C	1,676 mm	66	0
1991	35.9 °C17 June 1991	-3.3 °C29 December 1991	20.0 °C	1,076 mm	102	2
1990	35.2 °C9 August 1990	4.1 °C24 January 1990	19.9 °C	2,049 mm	71	0
1989	36.1 °C13 July 1989	1.6 °C12 February 1989	19.6 °C	1,305 mm	83	0
1988	35.8 °C25 July 1988	2.6 °C13 December 1988	19.1 °C	1,339 mm	86	0
1987	34.5 °C14 July 1987	0.5 °C5 February 1987	19.7 °C	1,370 mm	71	0
1986	35.2 °C27 August 1986	-1.4 °C3 March 1986	19.4 °C	1,302 mm	83	3
1985	34.4 °C8 August 1985	0.1 °C17 December 1985	19.3 °C	1,654 mm	70	0
1984	35.2 °C13 July 1984	-0.4 °C8 February 1984	19.0 °C	1,417 mm	73	1
1983	36.3 °C2 August 1983	2.6 °C22 January 1983	19.8 °C	1,667 mm	104	0
1982	34.6 °C20 July 1982	2.2 °C18 January 1982	19.4 °C	1,568 mm	70	0
1981	34.6 °C31 August 1981	-0.4 °C18 January 1981	19.5 °C	1,448 mm	75	1
1980	36.4 °C2 August 1980	1.4 °C24 December 1980	19.6 °C	1,311 mm	92	0
1979	35.5 °C4 July 1979	1.6 °C1 February 1979	19.6 °C	1,148 mm	83	0
1978	35.2 °C1 August 1978	-0.8 °C6 January 1978	19.6 °C	1,397 mm	81	1
1977	35.3 °C8 August 1977	0.6 °C31 January 1977	19.9 °C	1,171 mm	82	0
1976	34.9 °C22 August 1976	0.9 °C10 December 1976	19.0 °C	1,619 mm	70	0
1975	34.7 °C28 July 1975	-1.2 °C15 December 1975	19.5 °C	1,936 mm	92	2
1974	34.3 °C19 August 1974	0.3 °C12 February 1974	19.4 °C	1,280 mm	69	0
1973	33.2 °C30 July 1973	0.1 °C31 December 1973	19.4 °C	2,059 mm	68	0
1972	34.3 °C21 July 1972	-0.1 °C2 March 1972	19.5 °C	1,976 mm	70	1
1971	34.7 °C19 July 1971	0.4 °C3 February 1971	19.4 °C	1,353 mm	92	0
1970	34.5 °C1 July 1970	0.1 °C21 January 1970	19.1 °C	1,395 mm	87	0
1969	35.0 °C23 July 1969	0.5 °C6 February 1969	19.2 °C	1,409 mm	81	0
1968	33.9 °C18 July 1968	-0.4 °C21 February 1968	19.3 °C	1,547 mm	65	1
1967	34.9 °C16 July 1967	-1.5 °C16 January 1967	19.2 °C	1,033 mm	89	4
1966	35.3 °C16 August 1966	1.7 °C4 January 1966	19.0 °C	1,428 mm	41	0
1965	32.8 °C14 July 1965	0.4 °C31 December 1965	18.4 °C	1,704 mm	28	0
1964	35.6 °C28 July 1964	2.4 °C21 December 1964	19.9 °C	1,054 mm	82	0
1963	34.6 °C2 September 1963	-2.4 °C27 January 1963	19.6 °C	1,191 mm	85	8
1962	33.6 °C21 July 1962	-1.3 °C27 January 1962	19.1 °C	1,326 mm	74	2
1961	33.9 °C30 June 1961	-0.9 °C18 January 1961	19.6 °C	1,610 mm	70	2
1960	34.9 °C22 August 1960	-0.6 °C3 January 1960	19.7 °C	1,434 mm	71	1
1959	34.6 °C30 July 1959	-0.9 °C18 January 1959	19.7 °C	1,935 mm	66	3
1958	33.8 °C6 July 1958	0.1 °C14 February 1958	19.4 °C	1,298 mm	81	0
1957	35.7 °C20 August 1957	-1.0 °C12 February 1957	19.2 °C	1,087 mm	82	3
1956	36.6 °C7 July 1956	-1.6 °C10 January 1956	19.2 °C	1,362 mm	98	3
1955	33.2 °C4 July 1955	-2.8 °C12 January 1955	18.7 °C	1,023 mm	70	4
1954	37.7 °C16 August 1954	0.3 °C16 December 1954	19.5 °C	579 mm	108	0
1953	37.3 °C16 August 1953	0.2 °C7 January 1953	19.5 °C	863 mm	87	0
1952	33.5 °C2 August 1952	0.6 °C20 February 1952	19.3 °C	1,342 mm	64	0
1951	34.6 °C19 August 1951	0.6 °C13 January 1951	19.0 °C	1,264 mm	69	0
1950	34.4 °C20 July 1950	-0.4 °C10 December 1950	19.0 °C	1,165 mm	54	1
1949	33.3 °C29 July 1949	-1.9 °C10 January 1949	19.3 °C	1,096 mm	62	5
1948	35.7 °C6 July 1948	-1.1 °C17 January 1948	19.2 °C	1,094 mm	57	1
1947	34.2 °C26 August 1947	-0.8 °C23 February 1947	18.2 °C	1,642 mm	59	1
1946	34.7 °C17 June 1946	1.2 °C6 January 1946	19.2 °C	810 mm	84	0
1945	32.8 °C25 July 1945	0.3 °C17 January 1945	17.8 °C	1,506 mm	40	0
1944	31.9 °C6 July 1944	1.8 °C7 January 1944	18.6 °C	932 mm	29	0
1943	32.3 °C13 August 1943	-0.3 °C14 January 1943	18.8 °C	884 mm	48	1
1942	32.6 °C11 August 1942	-0.7 °C9 January 1942	18.3 °C	1,215 mm	35	1
1941	31.3 °C11 July 1941	-0.3 °C3 February 1941	18.5 °C	1,482 mm	19	1
1940	31.5 °C23 July 1940	-1.4 °C25 January 1940	17.8 °C	1,618 mm	17	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.8 °C

+2.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

139 d/yr

+57

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

1340 mm

-75 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.6 °C	+2.5 °C	0 mm	-33 mm
Feb	16.1 °C	+0.6 °C	27 mm	-29 mm
Mar	21.1 °C	+2.3 °C	102 mm	+17 mm
Apr	25.2 °C	+2.2 °C	140 mm	+25 mm
May	28.0 °C	+1.7 °C	156 mm	-44 mm
Jun	32.4 °C	+3.4 °C	118 mm	-133 mm
Jul	32.6 °C	+0.9 °C	441 mm	+267 mm
Aug	32.5 °C	+1.3 °C	165 mm	-63 mm
Sep	32.0 °C	+2.7 °C	121 mm	-33 mm
Oct	29.1 °C	+3.6 °C	27 mm	-21 mm
Nov	22.8 °C	+1.4 °C	20 mm	-20 mm
Dec	20.1 °C	+3.0 °C	23 mm	-9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.3 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest day

1.0 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

68.9 mm

9 Jul 2025

Windiest day

33.3 km/h

13 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

81.4 km/h

19 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

13 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.3 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

27 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Putian?

Putian has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,415 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Putian?

The hottest day measured in Putian between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2017, reaching 38.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Putian?

The coldest day measured in Putian between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1991, at -3.3 °C.

Does it snow in Putian?

Almost never: Putian sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Putian warmed?

Yes: Putian warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Putian?

The wettest day measured in Putian between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 1999, with 229 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Putian?

The windiest day measured in Putian between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1982, with winds reaching 49.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Putian?

The warmest month in Putian is July (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Putian?

Putian receives on average 1,415 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Putian?

Putian gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Putian?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Putian between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1975, with 3.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Putian?

Yes: Putian has on average 144 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Putian?

In Putian, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 6 August 2023, and the lowest was -7.4 °C on 29 December 1991.

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