Climate averages 1991–2020
Hede weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Hede: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yancheng (47 km away). In April its highs average 20.0°C, 0.9°C warmer than Hede, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hede ranks joint 651st of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 453rd of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Hede is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 84 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Hede climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 31 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 8.4°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 34 | 6.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.0°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 49 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 19.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 57 | 6.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 84 | 7.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 134 | 8.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 244 | 15.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 180 | 14.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 91 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 42 | 5.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 47 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.7°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 27 | 4.5 | 10.010 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
April in nearby cities
- Yancheng in AprilChina · 47 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Dongkan in AprilChina · 47 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Dazhong in AprilChina · 66 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Xinghua in AprilChina · 101 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Dongtai in AprilChina · 102 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Baoying in AprilChina · 107 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Huai'an in AprilChina · 117 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Lianyungang in AprilChina · 133 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 46 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 Hede) is explained once on the Hede year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.