Climate averages 1991–2020

Jiaohe weather
in February.

A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high -5.3°C Daytime mean, February
Average low -17.4°C Night-time mean, February
Precipitation 14 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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February is a freezing month in Jiaohe: daytime highs average -5.3°C and nights cool to about -17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 14 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jilin (64 km away). In February its highs average -4.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Jiaohe, with 12 mm of precipitation.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiaohe ranks joint 820th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 277th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Jiaohe is 14.4°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 8.1°C to 2.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 14 mm to 31 mm.

The annual picture

February 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. -25-20-15-10-5051015202530 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 2500

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

Every month, side by side

Jiaohe climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Jiaohe, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -10.5°C-21.5°C-21.5°C9.12.89.39 h
February, selected -5.3°C-17.4°C-17.4°C143.610.510 h
March 2.7°C-8.4°C-8.4°C316.411.912 h
April 12.7°C0.4°C0.4°C548.913.413 h
May 19.5°C7.0°C7.0°C9412.614.715 h
June 24.3°C13.5°C13.5°C13515.515.415 h
July 26.5°C17.6°C17.6°C21817.415.115 h
August 25.3°C16.8°C16.8°C18816.314.014 h
September 20.5°C10.3°C10.3°C7910.312.613 h
October 11.9°C1.8°C1.8°C589.211.111 h
November 1.1°C-7.3°C-7.3°C356.89.710 h
December -8.2°C-18.0°C-18.0°C164.49.09 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Jiaohe

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