Climate averages 1991–2020
Hede weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Hede: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yancheng (47 km away). In March its highs average 13.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Hede, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hede ranks joint 625th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 498th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Hede is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 57 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Yancheng in MarchChina · 47 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Dongkan in MarchChina · 47 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Dazhong in MarchChina · 66 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Xinghua in MarchChina · 101 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Dongtai in MarchChina · 102 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Baoying in MarchChina · 107 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Huai'an in MarchChina · 117 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Lianyungang in MarchChina · 133 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.1°C · 38 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.