Climate averages 1991–2020

Dalai weather
in February.

A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high -5.1°C Daytime mean, February
Average low -15.6°C Night-time mean, February
Precipitation 2.5 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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February is a freezing month in Dalai: daytime highs average -5.1°C and nights cool to about -15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 2.5 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Fuyu (Jilin), China (54 km away). In February its highs average -4.9°C, about as warm as Dalai, with 3.2 mm of precipitation.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dalai ranks 819th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 24th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Dalai is 14.1°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 9.0°C to 3.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 2.5 mm to 9.2 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -25-20-15-10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Dalai climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Dalai, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -11.1°C-19.9°C-19.9°C2.10.89.19 h
February, selected -5.1°C-15.6°C-15.6°C2.50.710.310 h
March 3.9°C-7.0°C-7.0°C9.22.111.912 h
April 13.8°C1.1°C1.1°C193.513.513 h
May 21.2°C8.9°C8.9°C456.614.915 h
June 26.4°C15.9°C15.9°C7810.015.616 h
July 28.2°C20.1°C20.1°C12012.215.315 h
August 26.6°C18.7°C18.7°C9710.514.114 h
September 21.3°C12.4°C12.4°C496.912.613 h
October 12.3°C4.0°C4.0°C264.911.011 h
November 0.6°C-5.8°C-5.8°C9.82.49.610 h
December -9.0°C-16.8°C-16.8°C4.71.58.89 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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

Distance from Dalai

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Dalai) is explained once on the Dalai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.