Climate averages 1991–2020
Tonghua weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Tonghua: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baishan (48 km away). In March its highs average 3.2°C, 1.2°C cooler than Tonghua, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tonghua ranks joint 807th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 424th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Tonghua is 10.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.8°C to 13.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | -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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Baishan in MarchChina · 48 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -8.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Huanren in MarchChina · 69 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -5.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Manp’o in MarchNorth Korea · 70 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -5.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Meihekou in MarchChina · 92 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -7.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Kanggye in MarchNorth Korea · 100 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -6.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Chaoyang, China in MarchChina · 105 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -7.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Panshi in MarchChina · 136 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Longshan in MarchChina · 145 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -6.4°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 Tonghua) is explained once on the Tonghua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.