Climate averages 1991–2020
Shiguai weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Shiguai: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salaqi (26 km away). In August its highs average 27.2°C, 1.7°C warmer than Shiguai, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shiguai ranks joint 783rd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 62nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Shiguai is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Shiguai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.1°C-16.2°C | -16.2°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | -0.3°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 5.8 | 1.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 6.7°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 22 | 3.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 33 | 5.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 41 | 6.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 94 | 10.5 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 25.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 86 | 9.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 57 | 7.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 12.7°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 3.4°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 10 | 2.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | -3.9°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Salaqi in AugustChina · 26 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Baotou in AugustChina · 38 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Dongsheng in AugustChina · 102 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Hohhot in AugustChina · 116 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Ordos in AugustChina · 129 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Shuozhou in AugustChina · 239 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Ulanqab in AugustChina · 242 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Beichengqu in AugustChina · 244 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 85 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 Shiguai) is explained once on the Shiguai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.