Climate averages 1991–2020
Hongjiang weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Hongjiang: daytime highs average 9.6°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huaihua (50 km away). In January its highs average 8.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Hongjiang, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hongjiang ranks joint 258th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 867th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Hongjiang is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Huaihua in JanuaryChina · 50 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Wugang in JanuaryChina · 76 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Fenghuang in JanuaryChina · 100 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 0.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in JanuaryChina · 105 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 3.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Liping in JanuaryChina · 130 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Jishou in JanuaryChina · 137 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Shaoyang in JanuaryChina · 146 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Shangmei in JanuaryChina · 146 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 68 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.