Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongtai weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 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 Dongtai: daytime highs average 9.6°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 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 10 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dazhong (41 km away). In February its highs average 8.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Dongtai, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongtai ranks joint 472nd of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 604th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Dongtai is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 65 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
Dongtai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 44 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| February, selected | 9.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 7.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 65 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 73 | 7.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 104 | 8.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 187 | 11.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 237 | 15.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 189 | 15.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 90 | 8.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 53 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 55 | 6.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.6°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 35 | 5.4 | 10.010 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
- Dazhong in FebruaryChina · 41 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Jiangyan in FebruaryChina · 42 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Xinghua in FebruaryChina · 45 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Taizhou (Jiangsu), China in FebruaryChina · 55 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Yancheng in FebruaryChina · 58 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -0.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Rugao in FebruaryChina · 59 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Taixing in FebruaryChina · 81 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Gaoyou in FebruaryChina · 81 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 2.0°C · 44 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 Dongtai) is explained once on the Dongtai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.