Climatic characteristics of Zunyi

Zunyi County belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with an annual average temperature of 14.7℃, cool and humid all year round, no severe cold in winter and no intense heat in summer, and a pleasant climate, with an annual average precipitation of 1200mm, an annual average sunshine of 1 146.9 hours and a frost-free period of 270 days. In winter, late autumn and early spring in the county, influenced by the cold air from Siberia, the wind direction is mostly northerly. Due to the complex and changeable terrain, the ground wind is mainly northeast wind. From late spring to summer, the warm and humid air flow in the western Pacific extends to the north-west direction, and the cold air warming in the south is weakened, and the main wind direction is southerly or southeast wind. The annual average relative humidity is about 82%, and the annual average evaporation is1150 mm. "It thunders and snows in the first month, it rains continuously in February, there is no seedling water in March, and the first seedling in April" is a proverb for people in Zunyi County to predict the weather change through long-term observation of the climate.