Climate averages 1991–2020

Huangshi 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.

Average high 32.0°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 25.7°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 138 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Huangshi · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Huangshi: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 13 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 Daye (21 km away). In August its highs average 32.1°C, about as warm as Huangshi, with 147 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huangshi ranks joint 80th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 246th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Huangshi is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 138 mm to 92 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Huangshi climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Huangshi, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.1°C2.0°C2.0°C609.010.410 h
February 11.8°C4.3°C4.3°C8210.011.111 h
March 16.3°C8.2°C8.2°C13013.412.012 h
April 22.3°C13.8°C13.8°C17312.912.913 h
May 26.6°C18.8°C18.8°C18913.013.714 h
June 29.3°C22.7°C22.7°C27415.314.114 h
July 32.3°C26.1°C26.1°C24015.013.914 h
August, selected 32.0°C25.7°C25.7°C13813.413.213 h
September 28.4°C21.4°C21.4°C929.012.412 h
October 23.3°C15.8°C15.8°C637.211.511 h
November 17.2°C9.6°C9.6°C577.810.711 h
December 11.3°C3.8°C3.8°C376.110.210 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

Distance from Huangshi

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Huangshi) is explained once on the Huangshi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.