Climate averages 1991–2020

Fenghua weather
in March.

A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 15.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 6.6°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 116 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Fenghua · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in Fenghua: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ningbo (28 km away). In March its highs average 14.7°C, about as warm as Fenghua, with 130 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fenghua ranks joint 441st of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 739th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Fenghua is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 127 mm.

The annual picture

March 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. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

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

Every month, side by side

Fenghua climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Fenghua, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.2°C2.3°C2.3°C7610.110.510 h
February 11.2°C3.5°C3.5°C7010.511.111 h
March, selected 15.0°C6.6°C6.6°C11613.912.012 h
April 20.5°C11.6°C11.6°C12713.012.913 h
May 24.9°C16.8°C16.8°C16313.313.614 h
June 27.8°C21.2°C21.2°C29818.014.014 h
July 32.2°C25.4°C25.4°C17515.513.814 h
August 31.5°C25.2°C25.2°C19617.713.213 h
September 27.3°C21.4°C21.4°C16014.212.412 h
October 22.7°C16.1°C16.1°C887.911.511 h
November 17.7°C10.6°C10.6°C749.010.711 h
December 11.7°C4.4°C4.4°C698.310.310 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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Fenghua

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