Climate averages 1991–2020
Huangmei weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Huangmei: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiujiang (54 km away). In January its highs average 8.6°C, about as warm as Huangmei, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huangmei ranks joint 330th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 775th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Huangmei is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 11.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Jiujiang in JanuaryChina · 54 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Wuxue in JanuaryChina · 59 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Pengze in JanuaryChina · 60 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Qingquan in JanuaryChina · 79 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Huangshi in JanuaryChina · 94 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Daye in JanuaryChina · 104 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Anqing in JanuaryChina · 104 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 66 mm rain
- E’zhou in JanuaryChina · 112 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 1.6°C · 55 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.