Climate averages 1991–2020
Hongjiang weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Hongjiang: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huaihua (50 km away). In August its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Hongjiang, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hongjiang ranks joint 124th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 242nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Hongjiang is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Hongjiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 88 | 14.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 107 | 15.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 184 | 20.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 219 | 19.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 244 | 18.0 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 246 | 18.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 176 | 15.1 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 31.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 137 | 15.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 78 | 9.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 84 | 9.5 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 79 | 9.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 64 | 10.0 | 10.510 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
August in nearby cities
- Huaihua in AugustChina · 50 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Wugang in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 158 mm rain
- Fenghuang in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in AugustChina · 105 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Liping in AugustChina · 130 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 159 mm rain
- Jishou in AugustChina · 137 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Shaoyang in AugustChina · 146 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 141 mm rain
- Shangmei in AugustChina · 146 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 144 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 Hongjiang) is explained once on the Hongjiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.