Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiulin weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Xiulin: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinshi (53 km away). In February its highs average 11.6°C, about as warm as Xiulin, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiulin ranks joint 295th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 761st of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Xiulin is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 112 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Xiulin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 57 | 8.3 | 10.510 h |
| February, selected | 11.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 73 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 112 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 170 | 13.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 197 | 13.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 250 | 14.6 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 248 | 14.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 132 | 13.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 87 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 76 | 8.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 7.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 32 | 5.9 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Jinshi in FebruaryChina · 53 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Buhe in FebruaryChina · 66 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Jingzhou in FebruaryChina · 73 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Yueyang in FebruaryChina · 77 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in FebruaryChina · 92 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Zhijiang in FebruaryChina · 100 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Changde in FebruaryChina · 102 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Xindi in FebruaryChina · 104 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 83 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 Xiulin) is explained once on the Xiulin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.