Climate averages 1991–2020
Laojunmiao weather
in September.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Laojunmiao: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiayuguan (47 km away). In September its highs average 21.1°C, 2.9°C warmer than Laojunmiao, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Laojunmiao ranks 864th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 26th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Laojunmiao is 7.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.1°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 9.8 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 23.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 47 | 7.5 | 13.714 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Jiayuguan in SeptemberChina · 47 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Jiuquan in SeptemberChina · 68 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Zhangye in SeptemberChina · 254 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Dunhuang in SeptemberChina · 262 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Jinchang in SeptemberChina · 412 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Qiaotou in SeptemberChina · 471 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Wuwei in SeptemberChina · 474 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Hami in SeptemberChina · 486 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 2.2 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.