Climate averages 1991–2020
Luohe weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Luohe: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xuchang (53 km away). In January its highs average 7.1°C, about as warm as Luohe, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Luohe ranks joint 435th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 414th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Luohe is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Luohe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.3°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 21 | 4.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 40 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 47 | 5.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 74 | 7.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 123 | 8.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 199 | 13.6 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 155 | 13.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 81 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 49 | 5.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 38 | 5.0 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.1°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 16 | 3.3 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Xuchang in JanuaryChina · 53 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -3.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Zhoukou in JanuaryChina · 56 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -2.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Zhumadian in JanuaryChina · 66 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Pingdingshan in JanuaryChina · 69 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -2.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Yuzhou in JanuaryChina · 83 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -3.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Huaidian in JanuaryChina · 94 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -2.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Fangcheng in JanuaryChina · 102 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -2.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Yunyang in JanuaryChina · 123 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 14 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 Luohe) is explained once on the Luohe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.