Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinzhou weather
in February.
A cold, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Xinzhou: daytime highs average 5.5°C and nights cool to about -6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yuanping (34 km away). In February its highs average 5.2°C, about as warm as Xinzhou, with 7.1 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinzhou ranks joint 664th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 160th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Xinzhou is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 11.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.8 mm to 15 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
Xinzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.3°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 5.5°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 6.8 | 2.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.4°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 15 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 31 | 5.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 38 | 5.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 54 | 8.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 100 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 103 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 61 | 8.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 34 | 5.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.6°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 15 | 3.2 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.2°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 9.510 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
- Yuanping in FebruaryChina · 34 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -7.1°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Taiyuan in FebruaryChina · 62 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -4.9°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Jinzhong in FebruaryChina · 81 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -5.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Yangquan in FebruaryChina · 95 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -5.4°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Shuozhou in FebruaryChina · 104 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -9.6°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in FebruaryChina · 158 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -3.9°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Zhengding in FebruaryChina · 163 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -4.0°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Jiexiu in FebruaryChina · 170 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -3.6°C · 7.2 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 Xinzhou) is explained once on the Xinzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.