Climate averages 1991–2020
Jishou weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Jishou: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fenghuang (45 km away). In February its highs average 9.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Jishou, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jishou ranks joint 388th of 884 for the warmest February highs and 883rd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Jishou is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 187 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Jishou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 93 | 13.3 | 10.611 h |
| February, selected | 10.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 119 | 14.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.1°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 187 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 270 | 19.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 326 | 18.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 373 | 18.7 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 295 | 16.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 166 | 14.7 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 118 | 10.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 132 | 12.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 108 | 12.1 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 69 | 10.4 | 10.410 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
February in nearby cities
- Fenghuang in FebruaryChina · 45 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 2.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Zhonghe in FebruaryChina · 74 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in FebruaryChina · 86 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 5.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Huaihua in FebruaryChina · 88 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Zhongduo in FebruaryChina · 111 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Zhangjiajie in FebruaryChina · 116 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Hongjiang in FebruaryChina · 137 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 107 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in FebruaryChina · 164 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 70 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 Jishou) is explained once on the Jishou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.