Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongsheng weather
in February.
A cold month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Dongsheng: daytime highs average 0.5°C and nights cool to about -9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.2 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ordos (29 km away). In February its highs average 1.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Dongsheng, with 5.3 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongsheng ranks 765th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 89th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Dongsheng is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 7.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 5.2 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Dongsheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.0°C-13.8°C | -13.8°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February, selected | 0.5°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 5.2 | 1.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 7.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 15 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 24 | 4.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 34 | 5.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 45 | 8.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 103 | 11.1 | 14.715 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 95 | 10.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 19.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 64 | 8.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 12.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 27 | 4.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 4.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 12 | 2.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -2.7°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 9.49 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
- Ordos in FebruaryChina · 29 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -9.7°C · 5.3 mm precipitation
- Salaqi in FebruaryChina · 93 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -10.5°C · 5.7 mm precipitation
- Baotou in FebruaryChina · 94 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -11.2°C · 5.2 mm precipitation
- Shiguai in FebruaryChina · 102 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -11.9°C · 5.8 mm precipitation
- Yulinshi in FebruaryChina · 171 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -7.6°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Hohhot in FebruaryChina · 180 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -12.9°C · 5.8 mm precipitation
- Shuozhou in FebruaryChina · 217 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -9.6°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Bayan Nur in FebruaryChina · 243 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -9.9°C · 2.1 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 Dongsheng) is explained once on the Dongsheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.