Climate averages 1991–2020
Jieshou weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Jieshou: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huaidian (36 km away). In March its highs average 15.6°C, about as warm as Jieshou, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jieshou ranks joint 396th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 488th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Jieshou is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Huaidian in MarchChina · 36 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Jishui in MarchChina · 52 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Fuyang in MarchChina · 59 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Bozhou in MarchChina · 78 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Zhoukou in MarchChina · 79 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Luohe in MarchChina · 128 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Zhumadian in MarchChina · 128 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Huangchuan in MarchChina · 129 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 61 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.