Climate averages 1991–2020
Hede weather
in February.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Hede: daytime highs average 8.4°C and nights cool to about 0.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yancheng (47 km away). In February its highs average 9.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Hede, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hede ranks joint 542nd of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 532nd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Hede is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 49 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Yancheng in FebruaryChina · 47 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -0.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Dongkan in FebruaryChina · 47 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Dazhong in FebruaryChina · 66 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Xinghua in FebruaryChina · 101 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Dongtai in FebruaryChina · 102 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -0.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Baoying in FebruaryChina · 107 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Huai'an in FebruaryChina · 117 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Lianyungang in FebruaryChina · 133 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.9°C · 25 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.