Climate averages 1991–2020

Loushanguan weather
in September.

A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.2°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 17.6°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 116 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Loushanguan · average highYear overview

September is a warm month in Loushanguan: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes September a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Zunyi (51 km away). In September its highs average 24.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Loushanguan, with 118 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Loushanguan ranks joint 635th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 633rd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Loushanguan is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 139 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Loushanguan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Loushanguan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.1°C2.0°C2.0°C5213.210.611 h
February 9.9°C4.0°C4.0°C5112.811.211 h
March 14.2°C7.5°C7.5°C9617.712.012 h
April 19.2°C12.0°C12.0°C13718.412.813 h
May 22.7°C15.7°C15.7°C20119.213.514 h
June 25.4°C19.0°C19.0°C21219.613.914 h
July 27.9°C20.9°C20.9°C17018.113.714 h
August 28.0°C20.6°C20.6°C13616.013.113 h
September, selected 24.2°C17.6°C17.6°C11613.712.312 h
October 18.4°C13.3°C13.3°C13918.311.512 h
November 14.0°C8.7°C8.7°C7914.110.811 h
December 8.9°C3.8°C3.8°C5012.510.410 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Loushanguan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Loushanguan) is explained once on the Loushanguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.