Climate averages 1991–2020
Loudi weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Loudi: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gantang (33 km away). In August its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Loudi, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Loudi ranks joint 96th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 148th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Loudi is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 76 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
Loudi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 74 | 11.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 88 | 13.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 155 | 17.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 183 | 17.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 231 | 16.9 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 275 | 17.4 | 13.914 h |
| July | 32.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 179 | 13.5 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 31.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 123 | 13.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 76 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 73 | 9.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 70 | 9.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 53 | 8.7 | 10.410 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
- Gantang in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Yongfeng in AugustChina · 36 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 135 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in AugustChina · 53 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Shaoshan in AugustChina · 55 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Lengshuijiang in AugustChina · 56 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Shangmei in AugustChina · 69 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 144 mm rain
- Shaoyang in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 141 mm rain
- Xiangtan in AugustChina · 90 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 132 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 Loudi) is explained once on the Loudi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.