Climate averages 1991–2020
Shaowu weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Shaowu: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuyishan (71 km away). In January its highs average 12.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Shaowu, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaowu ranks 156th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 842nd of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Shaowu is 7.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 105 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
Shaowu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Wuyishan in JanuaryChina · 71 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Jianchang in JanuaryChina · 87 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Xiugu in JanuaryChina · 94 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Qincheng in JanuaryChina · 95 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Nanping in JanuaryChina · 103 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Huayuan in JanuaryChina · 109 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Yingtan in JanuaryChina · 110 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Sanming in JanuaryChina · 122 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 62 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.