Climate averages 1991–2020
Fenghuang weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Fenghuang: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishou (45 km away). In September its highs average 27.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Fenghuang, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fenghuang ranks joint 497th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 592nd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Fenghuang is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 116 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 164 | 15.5 | 13.113 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Jishou in SeptemberChina · 45 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in SeptemberChina · 47 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Huaihua in SeptemberChina · 57 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Zhonghe in SeptemberChina · 83 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Hongjiang in SeptemberChina · 100 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Zhongduo in SeptemberChina · 130 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Zhangjiajie in SeptemberChina · 158 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Shangmei in SeptemberChina · 168 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 84 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.