Climate averages 1991–2020
Shuozhou weather
in February.
A cold, very 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 cold month in Shuozhou: daytime highs average 2.4°C and nights cool to about -9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yuanping (73 km away). In February its highs average 5.2°C, 2.8°C warmer than Shuozhou, with 7.1 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shuozhou ranks joint 726th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 153rd of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Shuozhou is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.6 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Shuozhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.3°C-14.2°C | -14.2°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February, selected | 2.4°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 17 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 32 | 5.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.0°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 42 | 6.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 71 | 10.2 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 121 | 11.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 25.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 130 | 11.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 20.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 78 | 9.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 14.3°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 15 | 3.4 | 10.110 h |
| December | -1.2°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 3.3 | 1.2 | 9.59 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
February in nearby cities
- Yuanping in FebruaryChina · 73 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -7.1°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Xinzhou in FebruaryChina · 104 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Datong in FebruaryChina · 114 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -11.0°C · 5.1 mm precipitation
- Beichengqu in FebruaryChina · 140 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -12.4°C · 5.3 mm precipitation
- Taiyuan in FebruaryChina · 161 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -4.9°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Hohhot in FebruaryChina · 179 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -12.9°C · 5.8 mm precipitation
- Jinzhong in FebruaryChina · 184 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -5.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Yangquan in FebruaryChina · 190 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -5.4°C · 8.0 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 Shuozhou) is explained once on the Shuozhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.