Climate averages 1991–2020
Xianning 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 Xianning: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puqi (45 km away). In August its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Xianning, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xianning ranks joint 86th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 242nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xianning is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 94 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
Xianning climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 65 | 9.4 | 10.510 h |
| February | 12.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 84 | 10.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 130 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 177 | 13.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 198 | 13.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 267 | 16.1 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 230 | 15.2 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 31.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 137 | 15.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 94 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 67 | 8.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 65 | 8.0 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 41 | 6.6 | 10.310 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
- Puqi in AugustChina · 45 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Daye in AugustChina · 66 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 147 mm rain
- Ezhou in AugustChina · 79 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 131 mm rain
- E’zhou in AugustChina · 82 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Wuhan in AugustChina · 82 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Xindi in AugustChina · 83 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Huangshi in AugustChina · 83 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Huanggang (Hubei), China in AugustChina · 86 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 131 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 Xianning) is explained once on the Xianning year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.