Climate averages 1991–2020
Longnan weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 649 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 4.2°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
August is a warm month in Longnan: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pingwu County (116 km away). In August its highs average 26.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Longnan, with 236 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Longnan ranks joint 676th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 187th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Longnan is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 128 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Longnan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 14 | 4.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 7.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 20 | 6.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.9°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 39 | 10.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 62 | 12.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 94 | 15.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 108 | 14.9 | 14.314 h |
| July | 28.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 152 | 16.8 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 27.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 131 | 16.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 23.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 128 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 17.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 90 | 15.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 12.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 31 | 7.7 | 10.510 h |
| December | 6.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 11 | 3.6 | 10.010 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
August in nearby cities
- Pingwu County in AugustChina · 116 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 236 mm rain
- Guangyuan in AugustChina · 136 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Luomen in AugustChina · 151 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Tianshui in AugustChina · 152 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Pan’an in AugustChina · 152 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Gangu Chengguanzhen in AugustChina · 153 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Xinxing in AugustChina · 158 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Beidao in AugustChina · 158 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 116 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 Longnan) is explained once on the Longnan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.