Climate averages 1991–2020
Wayaobu weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Wayaobu: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yan’an (62 km away). In August its highs average 27.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Wayaobu, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wayaobu ranks joint 713th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 234th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Wayaobu is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 79 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
Wayaobu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 4.9 | 1.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 8.7 | 2.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.7°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 44 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 7.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 116 | 12.0 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 26.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 136 | 11.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 9.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.1°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 18 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.3°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 9.710 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
- Yan’an in AugustChina · 62 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Yulinshi in AugustChina · 129 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Lüliang in AugustChina · 138 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Xinzhi in AugustChina · 195 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Hancheng in AugustChina · 199 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Jiexiu in AugustChina · 200 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Linfen in AugustChina · 203 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in AugustChina · 235 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 109 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 Wayaobu) is explained once on the Wayaobu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.