Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengxiang weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Chengxiang: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes September a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yong’an (43 km away). In September its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Chengxiang, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengxiang ranks joint 322nd of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 752nd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Chengxiang is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 114 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chengxiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 33 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 12.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 47 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 78 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 104 | 14.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 151 | 14.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 201 | 16.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 224 | 19.7 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 166 | 15.8 | 13.313 h |
| September, selected | 26.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 150 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 114 | 12.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 70 | 10.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 34 | 7.8 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
September in nearby cities
- Yong’an in SeptemberChina · 43 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Wushan in SeptemberChina · 46 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 165 mm rain
- Yezhou in SeptemberChina · 90 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 140 mm rain
- Hanfeng in SeptemberChina · 114 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 160 mm rain
- Enshi in SeptemberChina · 122 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Wanzhou in SeptemberChina · 132 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Linjiang in SeptemberChina · 133 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 180 mm rain
- Lichuan in SeptemberChina · 140 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 171 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chengxiang) is explained once on the Chengxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.