Climate averages 1991–2020
Huangmei weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Huangmei: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiujiang (54 km away). In August its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Huangmei, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huangmei ranks joint 124th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 552nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Huangmei is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 170 mm to 92 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
Huangmei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 67 | 9.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 98 | 10.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 150 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 192 | 13.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 231 | 13.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 338 | 16.9 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 263 | 16.4 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 31.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 170 | 17.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 92 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 60 | 8.0 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.1°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 42 | 6.5 | 10.210 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
- Jiujiang in AugustChina · 54 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Wuxue in AugustChina · 59 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Pengze in AugustChina · 60 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Qingquan in AugustChina · 79 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Huangshi in AugustChina · 94 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Daye in AugustChina · 104 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 147 mm rain
- Anqing in AugustChina · 104 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 149 mm rain
- E’zhou in AugustChina · 112 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 135 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 Huangmei) is explained once on the Huangmei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.