Climate averages 1991–2020
Macheng weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Macheng: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinzhou, China (41 km away). In August its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Macheng, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Macheng ranks joint 178th 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; Macheng is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 28.1°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
Macheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 43 | 7.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 60 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 90 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 129 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 158 | 11.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 250 | 13.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 258 | 15.6 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 150 | 14.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 28.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 77 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 63 | 7.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 51 | 6.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.210 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
- Xinzhou, China in AugustChina · 41 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 146 mm rain
- Huanggang (Hubei), China in AugustChina · 82 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Qingquan in AugustChina · 84 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 142 mm rain
- E’zhou in AugustChina · 88 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Ezhou in AugustChina · 89 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Wuhan in AugustChina · 98 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Huangshi in AugustChina · 104 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Huangchuan in AugustChina · 107 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 Macheng) is explained once on the Macheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.