Climate averages 1991–2020
Laojunmiao weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Laojunmiao: daytime highs average 5.8°C and nights cool to about -5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiayuguan (47 km away). In March its highs average 8.6°C, 2.8°C warmer than Laojunmiao, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Laojunmiao ranks 793rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 141st of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Laojunmiao is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.5°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Jiayuguan in MarchChina · 47 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Jiuquan in MarchChina · 68 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Zhangye in MarchChina · 254 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -4.4°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Dunhuang in MarchChina · 262 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Jinchang in MarchChina · 412 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Qiaotou in MarchChina · 471 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -7.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Wuwei in MarchChina · 474 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -3.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Hami in MarchChina · 486 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 2.8 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.