Climate averages 1991–2020
Hecun weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Hecun: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linshui (15 km away). In March its highs average 15.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Hecun, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hecun ranks joint 419th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 141st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Hecun is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Hecun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 5.5 | 1.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 8.8°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 8.7 | 2.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 15.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 15 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 34 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 44 | 6.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 69 | 8.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 172 | 13.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 140 | 13.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 63 | 7.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 31 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 21 | 4.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.8°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 6.0 | 1.8 | 9.710 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
- Linshui in MarchChina · 15 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Handan in MarchChina · 35 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Anyang in MarchChina · 54 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Shahecheng in MarchChina · 57 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Xingtai in MarchChina · 68 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Hebi in MarchChina · 90 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 36.18°N 113.11°E), China in MarchChina · 98 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Puyang, China in MarchChina · 120 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 17 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 Hecun) is explained once on the Hecun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.