Climate averages 1991–2020

Huocheng weather
in August.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.0°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 15.9°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 17 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a hot month in Huocheng: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ghulja (39 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Huocheng, with 22 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huocheng ranks joint 587th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Huocheng is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 13 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. -15-10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

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

Every month, side by side

Huocheng climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Huocheng, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 0.4°C-11.4°C-11.4°C9.93.39.39 h
February 3.8°C-8.4°C-8.4°C123.510.410 h
March 11.0°C-1.9°C-1.9°C154.311.912 h
April 18.7°C5.1°C5.1°C255.913.413 h
May 23.8°C10.3°C10.3°C265.914.715 h
June 27.8°C15.0°C15.0°C224.915.415 h
July 29.8°C17.1°C17.1°C224.115.115 h
August, selected 29.0°C15.9°C15.9°C172.914.014 h
September 24.3°C11.0°C11.0°C133.012.613 h
October 16.8°C4.1°C4.1°C163.911.011 h
November 8.6°C-2.5°C-2.5°C184.59.710 h
December 2.3°C-8.4°C-8.4°C134.19.09 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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 Huocheng

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 Huocheng) is explained once on the Huocheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.