Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunhua weather
in February.
A freezing 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 freezing month in Dunhua: daytime highs average -5.6°C and nights cool to about -17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 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 28 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiaohe (82 km away). In February its highs average -5.3°C, about as warm as Dunhua, with 14 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dunhua ranks joint 827th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 277th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Dunhua is 14.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.9°C to 2.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 14 mm to 30 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
Dunhua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.2°C-20.9°C | -20.9°C | 7.8 | 1.9 | 9.49 h |
| February, selected | -5.6°C-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 14 | 3.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 2.3°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 30 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 52 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 89 | 13.5 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 108 | 15.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 174 | 15.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 158 | 14.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 19.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 68 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 11.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 43 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 0.9°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 29 | 5.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | -7.9°C-17.6°C | -17.6°C | 12 | 3.4 | 9.09 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
- Jiaohe in FebruaryChina · 82 kmHigh -5.3°C · Low -17.4°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Helong in FebruaryChina · 111 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -16.6°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Yanji in FebruaryChina · 116 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -14.3°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Longjing in FebruaryChina · 118 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -14.7°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Wangqing in FebruaryChina · 124 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -15.3°C · 9.8 mm precipitation
- Huadian in FebruaryChina · 128 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -16.5°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Tumen in FebruaryChina · 138 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -14.2°C · 9.7 mm precipitation
- Jilin in FebruaryChina · 144 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -17.0°C · 12 mm precipitation
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 Dunhua) is explained once on the Dunhua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.