Climate averages 1991–2020

Helong weather
in October.

A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 13.3°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 2.3°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 39 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Helong · average highYear overview

October is a cool month in Helong: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Longjing (43 km away). In October its highs average 14.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Helong, with 36 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Helong ranks joint 786th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 277th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Helong is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 10.2°C to 3.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 28 mm.

The annual picture

October 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 25.7°C16.9°C16.9°C16015.813.914 h
September 20.9°C10.2°C10.2°C759.312.513 h
October, selected 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

October 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.