Climate averages 1991–2020

Genhe weather
in August.

A mild, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 20.8°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 11.3°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 104 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Genhe · average highYear overview

August is a mild month in Genhe: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 33 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Yakeshi (176 km away). In August its highs average 22.6°C, 1.8°C warmer than Genhe, with 99 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Genhe ranks 877th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 95th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Genhe is 8.4°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 6.6°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 61 mm.

The annual picture

August 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. -35-30-25-20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Genhe climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Genhe, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -17.9°C-29.5°C-29.5°C2.30.98.59 h
February -11.8°C-25.9°C-25.9°C3.41.210.010 h
March -3.3°C-17.7°C-17.7°C9.72.611.812 h
April 6.7°C-4.7°C-4.7°C256.113.814 h
May 15.3°C2.7°C2.7°C498.815.515 h
June 21.3°C9.8°C9.8°C7512.216.416 h
July 23.2°C13.7°C13.7°C10914.116.016 h
August, selected 20.8°C11.3°C11.3°C10412.814.515 h
September 14.2°C3.9°C3.9°C619.512.713 h
October 4.2°C-4.3°C-4.3°C265.010.811 h
November -8.1°C-17.1°C-17.1°C9.83.19.09 h
December -17.2°C-27.1°C-27.1°C4.61.68.08 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.

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August in nearby cities

Distance from Genhe

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