Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiaogan weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Xiaogan: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hanchuan (34 km away). In December its highs average 11.1°C, about as warm as Xiaogan, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiaogan ranks joint 323rd of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 498th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Xiaogan is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Xiaogan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 41 | 7.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 57 | 8.0 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 87 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 141 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 172 | 11.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 241 | 13.3 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 246 | 14.3 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 138 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 28.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 88 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 68 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 51 | 6.7 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 11.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 26 | 5.1 | 10.210 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
December in nearby cities
- Hanchuan in DecemberChina · 34 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Chengzhong in DecemberChina · 35 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Caidian in DecemberChina · 40 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Anlu in DecemberChina · 43 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Wuhan in DecemberChina · 50 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Xinshi in DecemberChina · 76 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Xiantao in DecemberChina · 77 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Guangshui in DecemberChina · 77 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 24 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 Xiaogan) is explained once on the Xiaogan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.