Climate averages 1991–2020
Macheng weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Macheng: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinzhou, China (41 km away). In February its highs average 12.0°C, about as warm as Macheng, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Macheng ranks joint 295th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 689th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Macheng is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 90 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Xinzhou, China in FebruaryChina · 41 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Huanggang (Hubei), China in FebruaryChina · 82 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Qingquan in FebruaryChina · 84 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 77 mm rain
- E’zhou in FebruaryChina · 88 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Ezhou in FebruaryChina · 89 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Wuhan in FebruaryChina · 98 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Huangshi in FebruaryChina · 104 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Huangchuan in FebruaryChina · 107 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.2°C · 41 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.