Climate averages 1991–2020

Helong weather
in August.

A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 25.7°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 16.9°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 160 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Helong · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Helong: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Longjing (43 km away). In August its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Helong, with 134 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Helong ranks joint 771st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 446th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Helong is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 75 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. -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 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Helong climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Helong, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -7.3°C-19.6°C-19.6°C7.71.79.49 h
February -3.2°C-16.6°C-16.6°C143.510.511 h
March 3.8°C-8.9°C-8.9°C276.911.912 h
April 13.0°C0.3°C0.3°C549.913.313 h
May 19.5°C6.8°C6.8°C10015.414.615 h
June 23.7°C12.8°C12.8°C12716.415.215 h
July 26.2°C17.1°C17.1°C17717.215.015 h
August, selected 25.7°C16.9°C16.9°C16015.813.914 h
September 20.9°C10.2°C10.2°C759.312.513 h
October 13.3°C2.3°C2.3°C397.411.111 h
November 3.1°C-6.3°C-6.3°C285.79.810 h
December -5.2°C-16.2°C-16.2°C113.49.19 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.

Compare places

August in nearby cities

Distance from Helong

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