Climate averages 1991–2020
Huangchuan weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Huangchuan: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinyang (92 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Huangchuan, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huangchuan ranks joint 276th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 269th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Huangchuan is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Xinyang in AugustChina · 92 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Macheng in AugustChina · 107 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Fuyang in AugustChina · 111 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 164 mm rain
- Guangshui in AugustChina · 114 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Wuyang in AugustChina · 115 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Jieshou in AugustChina · 129 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Zhumadian in AugustChina · 134 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 151 mm rain
- Xinzhou, China in AugustChina · 143 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 146 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.