Climate averages 1991–2020

Lushui weather
in March.

A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Approximate: the model cell is 910 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 5.9°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.

Average high 26.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 13.8°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 173 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Lushui · average highYear overview

March is a warm month in Lushui: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Baoshan (Yunnan), China (84 km away). In March its highs average 20.8°C, 5.2°C cooler than Lushui, with 43 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lushui ranks joint 14th of 884 for the warmest March highs and 843rd of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Lushui is 11.7°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 173 mm to 197 mm.

The annual picture

March 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. 5101520253035 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 4000

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

Every month, side by side

Lushui climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Lushui, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 21.9°C10.2°C10.2°C626.910.711 h
February 23.4°C11.2°C11.2°C9610.411.311 h
March, selected 26.0°C13.8°C13.8°C17315.912.012 h
April 28.2°C16.5°C16.5°C19718.612.813 h
May 29.5°C19.4°C19.4°C23320.913.413 h
June 29.9°C22.3°C22.3°C28925.113.714 h
July 29.4°C22.7°C22.7°C38429.413.614 h
August 30.0°C22.8°C22.8°C29627.413.013 h
September 29.1°C21.6°C21.6°C22723.412.312 h
October 27.5°C18.8°C18.8°C16315.611.612 h
November 25.0°C14.3°C14.3°C536.310.911 h
December 22.8°C11.3°C11.3°C274.210.611 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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Lushui

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 Lushui) is explained once on the Lushui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.