Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongwei 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 Zhongwei: daytime highs average 6.0°C and nights cool to about -5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuzhong (103 km away). In February its highs average 5.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Zhongwei, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongwei ranks joint 646th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 48th of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Zhongwei is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.1°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.3 mm to 5.7 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Wuzhong in FebruaryChina · 103 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -6.6°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Baiyin in FebruaryChina · 140 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -6.7°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Yinchuan in FebruaryChina · 143 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -7.5°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in FebruaryChina · 153 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -6.9°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Xigang in FebruaryChina · 154 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -7.5°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Guyuan in FebruaryChina · 193 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -7.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Shizuishan in FebruaryChina · 194 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -6.2°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Lanzhou in FebruaryChina · 202 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -5.0°C · 5.8 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.