May
May · September · October
China · 1991–2020
May leads for comfortable weather in Zhangtun: typically 26.5°C by day, 14.5°C at night, with 46 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
May · September · October
June · September · May
October · April · May
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against May’s 88 — days reach only 3.2°C, 21° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C | -6.9°C | 4 mm | 0.9 | 9 h 50 | 5 | Good coverage |
| February | 7.1°C | -3.8°C | 11 mm | 1.7 | 10 h 44 | 10 | Good coverage |
| March | 13.7°C | 2°C | 9 mm | 1.7 | 11 h 50 | 43 | Good coverage |
| April | 20.7°C | 8.5°C | 24 mm | 3.4 | 13 h 07 | 77 | Good coverage |
| May | 26.5°C | 14.5°C | 46 mm | 4.1 | 14 h 10 | 88 | Good coverage |
| June | 31°C | 19.5°C | 81 mm | 6.3 | 14 h 45 | 59 | Good coverage |
| July | 31.8°C | 22.7°C | 184 mm | 9.3 | 14 h 31 | 34 | Strong coverage |
| August | 30.3°C | 21.6°C | 146 mm | 8.4 | 13 h 36 | 47 | Strong coverage |
| September | 26.9°C | 16.1°C | 52 mm | 4.7 | 12 h 23 | 85 | Good coverage |
| October | 20.7°C | 8.9°C | 29 mm | 3.3 | 11 h 09 | 78 | Good coverage |
| November | 12.1°C | 1.4°C | 22 mm | 3.2 | 10 h 06 | 36 | Good coverage |
| December | 4.9°C | -4.8°C | 5 mm | 1.5 | 9 h 35 | 5 | Good coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.3°C11 Jan 2002 | -22.4°C19 Jan 1957 | 16 mm7 Jan 2001 | 30 mm2001 · driest 0 mm in 2021 | 76 |
| February | 24.5°C21 Feb 2021 | -21.4°C1 Feb 1979 | 36 mm19 Feb 1998 | 66 mm2020 · driest 0 mm in 2002 | 76 |
| March | 30.4°C18 Mar 2009 | -16.6°C3 Mar 1971 | 29 mm4 Mar 2007 | 45 mm2007 · driest 0 mm in 2011 | 76 |
| April | 35.0°C11 Apr 1955 | -4.5°C1 Apr 1960 | 53 mm30 Apr 1973 | 118 mm1964 · driest 2 mm in 2007 | 76 |
| May | 39.8°C25 May 1982 | 1.2°C4 May 1961 | 89 mm27 May 2006 | 139 mm2006 · driest 0 mm in 1967 | 76 |
| June | 41.7°C11 Jun 1968 | 8.8°C2 Jun 1955 | 90 mm24 Jun 1966 | 256 mm2016 · driest 1 mm in 1997 | 76 |
| July | 42.2°C23 Jul 1955 | 12.5°C3 Jul 1976 | 143 mm30 Jul 1996 | 495 mm2021 · driest 26 mm in 1968 | 76 |
| August | 38.8°C1 Aug 1959 | 11.0°C29 Aug 1955 | 199 mm3 Aug 2015 | 517 mm2010 · driest 12 mm in 1989 | 75 |
| September | 35.4°C2 Sep 2002 | 2.9°C26 Sep 1956 | 98 mm8 Sep 1983 | 199 mm1955 · driest 3 mm in 1981 | 75 |
| October | 31.1°C3 Oct 2019 | -3.6°C30 Oct 1986 | 106 mm11 Oct 2003 | 142 mm2003 · driest 0 mm in 2023 | 75 |
| November | 28.4°C1 Nov 2023 | -12.9°C22 Nov 1993 | 57 mm5 Nov 2023 | 99 mm1993 · driest 0 mm in 2002 | 75 |
| December | 20.8°C8 Dec 2023 | -20.9°C21 Dec 1959 | 16 mm9 Dec 1984 | 25 mm2012 · driest 0 mm in 1965 | 75 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 28 | <1 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 22 | <1 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 10 | <1 |
| April | 6 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| May | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| June | 28 | 20 | 0 | 2 |
| July | 30 | 23 | 0 | 4 |
| August | 30 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| September | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| October | 5 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| November | 0 | 0 | 11 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was September (scoring 91); on 2011–2025 it is May (88). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 4% | <1% | <1% | 0.5–4.8°C |
| February | <1% | 6% | <1% | 2% | 3.1–9.3°C |
| March | 11% | 7% | <1% | 2% | 10.0–16.1°C |
| April | 52% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 18.7–22.4°C |
| May | 83% | 14% | 4% | 7% | 25.1–28.8°C |
| June | 79% | 21% | 8% | 21% | 29.4–33.2°C |
| July | 66% | 34% | 17% | 41% | 30.4–33.2°C |
| August | 73% | 27% | 13% | 26% | 29.0–31.8°C |
| September | 82% | 16% | 5% | 12% | 25.3–28.3°C |
| October | 54% | 11% | 3% | 5% | 18.7–22.5°C |
| November | 6% | 10% | 2% | 4% | 9.7–14.3°C |
| December | <1% | 5% | <1% | 1% | 2.3–6.6°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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