Climate averages 1991–2020

Dashiqiao weather
in January.

A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high -3.4°C Daytime mean, January
Average low -12.2°C Night-time mean, January
Precipitation 5.5 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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January is a freezing month in Dashiqiao: daytime highs average -3.4°C and nights cool to about -12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 5.5 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Yingkou (23 km away). In January its highs average -3.3°C, about as warm as Dashiqiao, with 4.9 mm of precipitation.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dashiqiao ranks joint 752nd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 189th of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Dashiqiao is 9.2°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 1.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 5.5 mm to 9.8 mm.

The annual picture

January 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. -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 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Dashiqiao climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Dashiqiao, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected -3.4°C-12.2°C-12.2°C5.51.69.610 h
February 1.2°C-8.1°C-8.1°C9.82.210.611 h
March 7.7°C-2.5°C-2.5°C173.511.912 h
April 15.6°C5.3°C5.3°C405.813.313 h
May 22.0°C12.4°C12.4°C597.214.414 h
June 26.4°C18.0°C18.0°C869.415.015 h
July 28.7°C21.7°C21.7°C13911.614.815 h
August 28.0°C21.0°C21.0°C16211.113.814 h
September 23.8°C15.2°C15.2°C536.612.513 h
October 16.3°C7.4°C7.4°C395.711.211 h
November 6.7°C-1.6°C-1.6°C274.110.010 h
December -0.7°C-8.6°C-8.6°C112.59.39 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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Dashiqiao

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 Dashiqiao) is explained once on the Dashiqiao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.