Puyang climate — normals and trends
Puyang (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 735 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 (27.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Puyang averages 85 frost days, 78 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
Puyang has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 97 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 5 July 1942) and the coldest -29.8 °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
PuyangHenan
- coords
- 35.76°, 115.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.6°C
Average daily high
19.7°C
Average daily low
10.0°C
Annual rainfall
735mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
28.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
85 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
78 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.7 cm
Average feels-like high
18.8 °C
Average feels-like low
8.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
88 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
42.3 °C
5 July 1942
Coldest day
-29.8 °C
17 January 1958
Wettest day
186 mm
1 August 1964
Windiest day
44.0 km/h
5 May 2005
Strongest gust
86.8 km/h
27 March 2006
Hottest feels-like
46.6 °C
4 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-34.3 °C
17 January 1958
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
9 December 1949
Sunniest day
14.0 h
26 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 7 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 9.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 2 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 17.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 43 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 25.8 °C | +4.4 °C | 19 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 28.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 24 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 34.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 69 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 34.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 118 mm | -86 mm |
| Aug | 32.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 153 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 26.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 169 mm | +93 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | -3.5 °C | 141 mm | +103 mm |
| Nov | 16.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 11 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 9.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 8 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puyang?
Puyang has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 735 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puyang?
The hottest day measured in Puyang between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1942, reaching 42.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puyang?
The coldest day measured in Puyang between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1958, at -29.8 °C.
Does it snow in Puyang?
Yes. Puyang gets on average 16.7 cm of snow per year and has around 85 frost days.
Has the climate of Puyang warmed?
Yes: Puyang warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puyang?
The wettest day measured in Puyang between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1964, with 186 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puyang?
The windiest day measured in Puyang between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 2005, with winds reaching 44.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puyang?
The warmest month in Puyang is July (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Puyang?
Puyang receives on average 735 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puyang?
Puyang gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Puyang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Puyang between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 1949, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Puyang?
Yes: Puyang has on average 88 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puyang?
In Puyang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.6 °C on 4 August 2010, and the lowest was -34.3 °C on 17 January 1958.
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