Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengzhong weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Chengzhong: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiaogan (35 km away). In February its highs average 11.8°C, about as warm as Chengzhong, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengzhong ranks joint 295th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 629th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Chengzhong is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Chengzhong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 39 | 6.5 | 10.410 h |
| February, selected | 11.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 50 | 7.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 78 | 10.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 133 | 10.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 167 | 11.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 220 | 12.7 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 238 | 14.2 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 131 | 13.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 87 | 8.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 71 | 7.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 52 | 6.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 26 | 4.8 | 10.210 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
February in nearby cities
- Xiaogan in FebruaryChina · 35 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Anlu in FebruaryChina · 37 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Hanchuan in FebruaryChina · 39 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Xinshi in FebruaryChina · 41 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Jingling in FebruaryChina · 54 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Caidian in FebruaryChina · 61 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Xiantao in FebruaryChina · 65 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Wuhan in FebruaryChina · 79 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 72 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 Chengzhong) is explained once on the Chengzhong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.