Climate averages 1991–2020
Shiyan weather
in February.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Shiyan: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Danjiangkou (69 km away). In February its highs average 11.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Shiyan, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shiyan ranks joint 370th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 485th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Shiyan is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 48 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
Shiyan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 23 | 4.8 | 10.310 h |
| February, selected | 10.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 27 | 5.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.9°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 48 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 7.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 78 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 102 | 8.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 130 | 12.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 122 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 99 | 10.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 76 | 9.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.1°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 45 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 21 | 4.8 | 10.010 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
- Danjiangkou in FebruaryChina · 69 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Laohekou in FebruaryChina · 88 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Gucheng Chengguanzhen in FebruaryChina · 91 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Dengzhou in FebruaryChina · 123 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 0.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in FebruaryChina · 138 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Zhenping in FebruaryChina · 142 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 0.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Xiangyang in FebruaryChina · 145 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Shangluo in FebruaryChina · 157 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.0°C · 23 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 Shiyan) is explained once on the Shiyan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.