Climate averages 1991–2020
Tonghua weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Tonghua: daytime highs average -7.5°C and nights cool to about -20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baishan (48 km away). In January its highs average -8.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Tonghua, with 13 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tonghua ranks 794th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 359th of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Tonghua is 13.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.4°C to -3.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 12 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Tonghua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -7.5°C-20.5°C | -20.5°C | 12 | 3.1 | 9.510 h |
| February | -3.1°C-16.5°C | -16.5°C | 20 | 4.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 4.4°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 35 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.2°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 61 | 9.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 90 | 12.3 | 14.515 h |
| June | 24.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 119 | 14.2 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 201 | 17.3 | 14.915 h |
| August | 25.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 201 | 14.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 77 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 13.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 55 | 8.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 3.0°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 45 | 8.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | -5.6°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 19 | 4.8 | 9.29 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
January in nearby cities
- Baishan in JanuaryChina · 48 kmHigh -8.5°C · Low -20.4°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Huanren in JanuaryChina · 69 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -18.1°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Manp’o in JanuaryNorth Korea · 70 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -18.6°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Meihekou in JanuaryChina · 92 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -20.7°C · 8.6 mm precipitation
- Kanggye in JanuaryNorth Korea · 100 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -19.3°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Chaoyang, China in JanuaryChina · 105 kmHigh -9.1°C · Low -20.7°C · 8.7 mm precipitation
- Panshi in JanuaryChina · 136 kmHigh -9.3°C · Low -21.2°C · 8.5 mm precipitation
- Longshan in JanuaryChina · 145 kmHigh -8.6°C · Low -19.7°C · 6.8 mm precipitation
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 Tonghua) is explained once on the Tonghua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.