Climate averages 1991–2020
Wuchang weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Wuchang: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yushu (Jilin), China (50 km away). In August its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Wuchang, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuchang ranks joint 794th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 383rd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Wuchang is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 153 mm to 74 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
Wuchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.0°C-23.1°C | -23.1°C | 6.1 | 2.0 | 9.29 h |
| February | -6.3°C-18.7°C | -18.7°C | 8.8 | 2.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 3.0°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 19 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.2°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 38 | 7.4 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 81 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| June | 25.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 113 | 14.1 | 15.516 h |
| July | 26.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 179 | 15.4 | 15.215 h |
| August, selected | 25.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 153 | 14.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 74 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 49 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 0.4°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 25 | 5.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | -9.4°C-19.2°C | -19.2°C | 12 | 3.3 | 8.99 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
- Yushu (Jilin), China in AugustChina · 50 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 139 mm rain
- Shulan in AugustChina · 60 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Acheng in AugustChina · 71 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Shangzhi in AugustChina · 73 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 138 mm rain
- Jishu in AugustChina · 74 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 152 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in AugustChina · 84 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 124 mm rain
- Harbin in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Hulan in AugustChina · 117 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 128 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 Wuchang) is explained once on the Wuchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.