Climate averages 1991–2020
Huangchuan weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Huangchuan: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinyang (92 km away). In March its highs average 15.8°C, about as warm as Huangchuan, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huangchuan ranks joint 337th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 548th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Huangchuan is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Xinyang in MarchChina · 92 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Macheng in MarchChina · 107 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Fuyang in MarchChina · 111 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Guangshui in MarchChina · 114 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Wuyang in MarchChina · 115 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Jieshou in MarchChina · 129 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Zhumadian in MarchChina · 134 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Xinzhou, China in MarchChina · 143 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 105 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.