Climate averages 1991–2020
Laojunmiao weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Laojunmiao: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiayuguan (47 km away). In August its highs average 26.5°C, 3.3°C warmer than Laojunmiao, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Laojunmiao ranks joint 863rd of 884 for the warmest August highs and 34th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Laojunmiao is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Laojunmiao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.0°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 9.710 h |
| February | -0.3°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.8°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 15 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 16 | 3.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 28 | 6.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 22.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 40 | 7.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 50 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 23.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 47 | 7.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 18.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 4.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 11.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 9.8 | 2.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 3.8°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 5.9 | 1.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | -2.1°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 4.6 | 1.8 | 9.49 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
August in nearby cities
- Jiayuguan in AugustChina · 47 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Jiuquan in AugustChina · 68 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Zhangye in AugustChina · 254 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Dunhuang in AugustChina · 262 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Jinchang in AugustChina · 412 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AugustChina · 471 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 125 mm rain
- Wuwei in AugustChina · 474 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Hami in AugustChina · 486 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 5.6 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 Laojunmiao) is explained once on the Laojunmiao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.