Climate averages 1991–2020
Dezhou weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Dezhou: daytime highs average 4.2°C and nights cool to about -5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hengshui (68 km away). In January its highs average 4.1°C, about as warm as Dezhou, with 2.9 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dezhou ranks joint 567th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 111th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Dezhou is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 8.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.3 mm to 7.8 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Dezhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.2°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 8.1°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 7.8 | 1.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 9.8 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 29 | 4.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 46 | 5.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 31.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 76 | 7.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 157 | 12.4 | 14.514 h |
| August | 30.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 143 | 10.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 51 | 5.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 31 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 4.4 | 1.3 | 9.610 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
January in nearby cities
- Hengshui in JanuaryChina · 68 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -5.5°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Jizhou in JanuaryChina · 71 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -5.4°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Nangong in JanuaryChina · 87 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -5.4°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Qingnian in JanuaryChina · 89 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -4.9°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Jinan in JanuaryChina · 103 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -4.9°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Changqing in JanuaryChina · 104 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -4.8°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Cangzhou in JanuaryChina · 105 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -6.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Xinji in JanuaryChina · 114 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -5.9°C · 2.7 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 Dezhou) is explained once on the Dezhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.