Climate averages 1991–2020
Longnan weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th 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.
October is a mild month in Longnan: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pingwu County (116 km away). In October its highs average 17.7°C, about as warm as Longnan, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Longnan ranks joint 664th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 765th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Longnan is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Pingwu County in OctoberChina · 116 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Guangyuan in OctoberChina · 136 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Luomen in OctoberChina · 151 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Tianshui in OctoberChina · 152 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 75 mm rain
- Pan’an in OctoberChina · 152 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Gangu Chengguanzhen in OctoberChina · 153 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Xinxing in OctoberChina · 158 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Beidao in OctoberChina · 158 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 75 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.