Climate averages 1991–2020
Wusu weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Wusu: daytime highs average -3.2°C and nights cool to about -9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.0 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shihezi (109 km away). In February its highs average -3.6°C, about as warm as Wusu, with 6.5 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wusu ranks joint 798th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 125th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Wusu is 12.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 9.8°C to 6.6°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 6.0 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Wusu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.0°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 9.39 h |
| February, selected | -3.2°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 6.0 | 1.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 6.6°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 22 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 43 | 7.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 55 | 8.0 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 28 | 5.9 | 15.515 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 32 | 6.1 | 15.215 h |
| August | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 34 | 5.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 29 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 33 | 5.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 3.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 19 | 3.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | -5.0°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 5.4 | 1.7 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Shihezi in FebruaryChina · 109 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -12.4°C · 6.5 mm precipitation
- Karamay in FebruaryChina · 129 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -10.9°C · 1.9 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in FebruaryChina · 160 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -13.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Bole in FebruaryChina · 212 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -10.3°C · 6.9 mm precipitation
- Changji in FebruaryChina · 215 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -11.4°C · 6.7 mm precipitation
- Wujiaqu in FebruaryChina · 228 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -13.8°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Ürümqi in FebruaryChina · 244 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -10.6°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in FebruaryChina · 274 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 17 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 Wusu) is explained once on the Wusu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.