Climate averages 1991–2020
Hongjiang weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Hongjiang: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huaihua (50 km away). In September its highs average 28.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Hongjiang, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hongjiang ranks joint 163rd of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 353rd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Hongjiang is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 84 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Huaihua in SeptemberChina · 50 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Wugang in SeptemberChina · 76 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Fenghuang in SeptemberChina · 100 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in SeptemberChina · 105 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Liping in SeptemberChina · 130 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 104 mm rain
- Jishou in SeptemberChina · 137 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Shaoyang in SeptemberChina · 146 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Shangmei in SeptemberChina · 146 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 84 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.