Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhumadian weather
in August.
A hot, 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 Zhumadian: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luohe (66 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Zhumadian, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhumadian ranks joint 347th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 364th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhumadian is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 84 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
Zhumadian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 21 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 28 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 49 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 56 | 6.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 89 | 7.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 140 | 8.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 202 | 13.6 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 151 | 13.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 56 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.2°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 43 | 5.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.1°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 20 | 3.9 | 10.010 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
- Luohe in AugustChina · 66 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 155 mm rain
- Zhoukou in AugustChina · 92 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Xinyang in AugustChina · 96 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Fangcheng in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 163 mm rain
- Pingdingshan in AugustChina · 106 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Huaidian in AugustChina · 106 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Tanghe in AugustChina · 116 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Xuchang in AugustChina · 118 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 144 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 Zhumadian) is explained once on the Zhumadian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.