Climate averages 1991–2020
Wugang weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Wugang: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hongjiang (76 km away). In August its highs average 31.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Wugang, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wugang ranks joint 326th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 428th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Wugang is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Wugang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 76 | 13.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 12.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 85 | 14.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.0°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 149 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 185 | 18.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 230 | 17.6 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 269 | 19.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 169 | 14.5 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 158 | 16.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 27.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 87 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 82 | 10.2 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 83 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 11.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 62 | 9.8 | 10.510 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Hongjiang in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Shaoyang in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 141 mm rain
- Yongzhou in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 144 mm rain
- Huaihua in AugustChina · 112 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Shangmei in AugustChina · 131 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 144 mm rain
- Lengshuijiang in AugustChina · 133 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Gantang in AugustChina · 154 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Liping in AugustChina · 159 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 159 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 Wugang) is explained once on the Wugang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.