Climate averages 1991–2020
Linshui weather
in March.
A mild, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Linshui: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hecun (15 km away). In March its highs average 15.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Linshui, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Linshui ranks joint 360th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 99th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Linshui is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Linshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 4.1 | 1.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.2°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 7.1 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 15.7°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 12 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 28 | 4.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 38 | 5.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 56 | 7.6 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 152 | 12.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 127 | 12.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 52 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 26 | 4.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 7.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 5.0 | 1.6 | 9.710 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
March in nearby cities
- Hecun in MarchChina · 15 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Handan in MarchChina · 33 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Anyang in MarchChina · 40 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Shahecheng in MarchChina · 63 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Xingtai in MarchChina · 75 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Hebi in MarchChina · 77 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 36.18°N 113.11°E), China in MarchChina · 102 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Puyang, China in MarchChina · 106 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 17 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 Linshui) is explained once on the Linshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.