Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongwei weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Zhongwei: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuzhong (103 km away). In August its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Zhongwei, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongwei ranks joint 547th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 41st of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhongwei is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Zhongwei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 2.4 | 0.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 6.0°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 3.3 | 1.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.1°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 5.7 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 12 | 3.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 19 | 3.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 30 | 4.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 53 | 5.7 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 29.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 52 | 7.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.0°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 43 | 6.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 17 | 3.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.7°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 4.8 | 1.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.5°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 9.610 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
August in nearby cities
- Wuzhong in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Baiyin in AugustChina · 140 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Yinchuan in AugustChina · 143 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in AugustChina · 153 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Xigang in AugustChina · 154 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Guyuan in AugustChina · 193 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Shizuishan in AugustChina · 194 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Lanzhou in AugustChina · 202 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 100 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 Zhongwei) is explained once on the Zhongwei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.