Climate averages 1991–2020
Hongjiang weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Hongjiang: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huaihua (50 km away). In February its highs average 11.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Hongjiang, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hongjiang ranks joint 257th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 873rd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Hongjiang is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 107 mm to 184 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Huaihua in FebruaryChina · 50 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Wugang in FebruaryChina · 76 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Fenghuang in FebruaryChina · 100 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 2.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in FebruaryChina · 105 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Liping in FebruaryChina · 130 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Jishou in FebruaryChina · 137 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 4.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Shaoyang in FebruaryChina · 146 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Shangmei in FebruaryChina · 146 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 80 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.