Climate averages 1991–2020
Hongjiang weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Hongjiang: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huaihua (50 km away). In October its highs average 22.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Hongjiang, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hongjiang ranks joint 184th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 743rd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Hongjiang is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 17.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 79 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Huaihua in OctoberChina · 50 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Wugang in OctoberChina · 76 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Fenghuang in OctoberChina · 100 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in OctoberChina · 105 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Liping in OctoberChina · 130 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Jishou in OctoberChina · 137 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Shaoyang in OctoberChina · 146 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Shangmei in OctoberChina · 146 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 86 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.