Climate averages 1991–2020
Fenghuang weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Fenghuang: daytime highs average 9.2°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishou (45 km away). In February its highs average 10.6°C, 1.3°C warmer than Fenghuang, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fenghuang ranks joint 497th of 884 for the warmest February highs and 881st of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Fenghuang is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 175 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Jishou in FebruaryChina · 45 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 4.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in FebruaryChina · 47 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Huaihua in FebruaryChina · 57 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Zhonghe in FebruaryChina · 83 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Hongjiang in FebruaryChina · 100 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 107 mm rain
- Zhongduo in FebruaryChina · 130 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Zhangjiajie in FebruaryChina · 158 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Shangmei in FebruaryChina · 168 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 80 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.