Climate averages 1991–2020
Shaowu weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Shaowu: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuyishan (71 km away). In August its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Shaowu, with 203 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaowu ranks joint 25th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 625th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Shaowu is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 177 mm to 109 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
Shaowu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 81 | 10.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 15.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 105 | 12.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 220 | 17.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 264 | 18.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 296 | 18.8 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 377 | 20.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 33.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 180 | 15.6 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 32.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 177 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 109 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 57 | 6.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 20.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 78 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 15.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 70 | 7.8 | 10.510 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
- Wuyishan in AugustChina · 71 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 203 mm rain
- Jianchang in AugustChina · 87 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Xiugu in AugustChina · 94 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Qincheng in AugustChina · 95 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 142 mm rain
- Nanping in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 150 mm rain
- Huayuan in AugustChina · 109 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Yingtan in AugustChina · 110 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Sanming in AugustChina · 122 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 173 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 Shaowu) is explained once on the Shaowu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.