Climate averages 1991–2020
Huaihua weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Huaihua: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the 5th 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 Hongjiang (50 km away). In October its highs average 23.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Huaihua, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huaihua ranks joint 281st of 884 for the warmest October highs and 784th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Huaihua is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 82 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
Huaihua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 90 | 13.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 109 | 14.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 184 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 240 | 18.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 270 | 17.6 | 13.513 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 270 | 18.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 192 | 15.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 127 | 14.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 83 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 96 | 10.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 82 | 10.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 64 | 10.5 | 10.410 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
- Hongjiang in OctoberChina · 50 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Fenghuang in OctoberChina · 57 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in OctoberChina · 82 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Jishou in OctoberChina · 88 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Wugang in OctoberChina · 112 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Shangmei in OctoberChina · 129 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Zhonghe in OctoberChina · 140 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Lengshuijiang in OctoberChina · 141 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 76 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 Huaihua) is explained once on the Huaihua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.