Climate averages 1991–2020
Fenghuang weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Fenghuang: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishou (45 km away). In August its highs average 31.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Fenghuang, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fenghuang ranks joint 498th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 493rd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Fenghuang is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 164 mm to 106 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Fenghuang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 93 | 13.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.2°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 115 | 14.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 175 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 231 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 277 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 313 | 19.2 | 13.914 h |
| July | 29.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 239 | 17.2 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 164 | 15.5 | 13.113 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 106 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 116 | 11.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 92 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 67 | 10.4 | 10.410 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
August in nearby cities
- Jishou in AugustChina · 45 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in AugustChina · 47 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Huaihua in AugustChina · 57 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Zhonghe in AugustChina · 83 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 151 mm rain
- Hongjiang in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Zhongduo in AugustChina · 130 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 176 mm rain
- Zhangjiajie in AugustChina · 158 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 165 mm rain
- Shangmei in AugustChina · 168 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 144 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 Fenghuang) is explained once on the Fenghuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.