Climate averages 1991–2020
Lu’an weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lu’an: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuyang (38 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Lu’an, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lu’an ranks joint 259th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 354th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Lu’an is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 77 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
Lu’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 47 | 7.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 50 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 72 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 83 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 106 | 10.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 173 | 11.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 183 | 14.8 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 30.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 150 | 15.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 77 | 8.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 56 | 6.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 48 | 6.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.2°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 31 | 5.4 | 10.110 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
- Wuyang in AugustChina · 38 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Hefei in AugustChina · 74 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 154 mm rain
- Lucheng in AugustChina · 91 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 163 mm rain
- Huainan in AugustChina · 109 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Chaohu in AugustChina · 129 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 160 mm rain
- Anqing in AugustChina · 145 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Fuyang in AugustChina · 145 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 164 mm rain
- Huangchuan in AugustChina · 146 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 140 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 Lu’an) is explained once on the Lu’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.