Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinshanlu weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Jinshanlu: daytime highs average -3.7°C and nights cool to about -15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karamay (353 km away). In February its highs average -2.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Jinshanlu, with 1.9 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinshanlu ranks 807th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 220th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Jinshanlu is 12.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 2.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 11 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Jinshanlu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.8°C-18.6°C | -18.6°C | 14 | 3.7 | 8.99 h |
| February, selected | -3.7°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 11 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 2.5°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 23 | 5.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 24 | 5.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 21 | 4.6 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 25 | 5.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 19 | 4.4 | 14.314 h |
| September | 18.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 22 | 4.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 9.5°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 25 | 5.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | -0.4°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 32 | 6.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | -7.1°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 21 | 5.2 | 8.58 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
- Karamay in FebruaryChina · 353 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -10.9°C · 1.9 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in FebruaryChina · 409 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -11.1°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Wujiaqu in FebruaryChina · 413 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -13.8°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Shihezi in FebruaryChina · 426 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -12.4°C · 6.5 mm precipitation
- Changji in FebruaryChina · 432 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -11.4°C · 6.7 mm precipitation
- Ürümqi in FebruaryChina · 452 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -10.6°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Wusu in FebruaryChina · 464 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -9.0°C · 6.0 mm precipitation
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in FebruaryKazakhstan · 468 kmHigh -6.3°C · Low -17.0°C · 29 mm precipitation
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 Jinshanlu) is explained once on the Jinshanlu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.