Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinshi weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Xinshi: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chengzhong (41 km away). In August its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Xinshi, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinshi ranks joint 217th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 269th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xinshi is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 91 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
Xinshi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 40 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 51 | 7.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 81 | 10.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 136 | 10.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 174 | 12.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 226 | 12.9 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 254 | 15.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 140 | 14.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 91 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 75 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 56 | 7.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 27 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Chengzhong in AugustChina · 41 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Jingling in AugustChina · 44 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 136 mm rain
- Zhongxiang in AugustChina · 55 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Anlu in AugustChina · 56 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 138 mm rain
- Duobao in AugustChina · 60 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in AugustChina · 74 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 139 mm rain
- Hanchuan in AugustChina · 74 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Xiaogan in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 138 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 Xinshi) is explained once on the Xinshi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.