Climate averages 1991–2020
Huangchuan weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Huangchuan: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinyang (92 km away). In April its highs average 21.9°C, about as warm as Huangchuan, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huangchuan ranks joint 325th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 515th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Huangchuan is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 106 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Huangchuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 34 | 5.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.0°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 41 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 61 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 78 | 7.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 106 | 9.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 165 | 10.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 215 | 14.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 140 | 13.7 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 76 | 8.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 60 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 45 | 6.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 10.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 25 | 4.4 | 10.110 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
April in nearby cities
- Xinyang in AprilChina · 92 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Macheng in AprilChina · 107 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Fuyang in AprilChina · 111 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Guangshui in AprilChina · 114 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Wuyang in AprilChina · 115 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Jieshou in AprilChina · 129 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Zhumadian in AprilChina · 134 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Xinzhou, China in AprilChina · 143 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 156 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 Huangchuan) is explained once on the Huangchuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.