Climate averages 1991–2020
Jieshou weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Jieshou: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about -2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huaidian (36 km away). In January its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Jieshou, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jieshou ranks joint 435th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 457th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Jieshou is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 10.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 27 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
Jieshou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 22 | 4.3 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.4°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 27 | 5.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 46 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 56 | 6.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 84 | 7.7 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 140 | 8.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 221 | 14.1 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 155 | 13.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 77 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 55 | 5.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 38 | 5.7 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 20 | 4.1 | 10.010 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
- Huaidian in JanuaryChina · 36 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -2.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Jishui in JanuaryChina · 52 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Fuyang in JanuaryChina · 59 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -1.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Bozhou in JanuaryChina · 78 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -2.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Zhoukou in JanuaryChina · 79 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -2.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Luohe in JanuaryChina · 128 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Zhumadian in JanuaryChina · 128 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Huangchuan in JanuaryChina · 129 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.3°C · 34 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 Jieshou) is explained once on the Jieshou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.