May
May · September · April
China · 1991–2020
May leads for comfortable weather in Zhanglan: typically 26.3°C by day, 11.2°C at night, with 33 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
May · September · April
June · August · July
April · October · May
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against May’s 84 — days reach only 3°C, 21° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -9.4°C.
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°C | -9.4°C | 4 mm | 1.1 | 9 h 52 | 5 | Good coverage |
| February | 7.5°C | -5.8°C | 6 mm | 1.5 | 10 h 46 | 8 | Good coverage |
| March | 14°C | 0°C | 11 mm | 2.5 | 11 h 51 | 40 | Good coverage |
| April | 21°C | 6°C | 29 mm | 4.4 | 13 h 06 | 73 | Good coverage |
| May | 26.3°C | 11.2°C | 33 mm | 4.9 | 14 h 08 | 84 | Good coverage |
| June | 30.2°C | 15.6°C | 51 mm | 6.5 | 14 h 42 | 73 | Good coverage |
| July | 30.9°C | 19°C | 129 mm | 9.9 | 14 h 29 | 51 | Strong coverage |
| August | 28.8°C | 17.3°C | 111 mm | 8.2 | 13 h 35 | 65 | Good coverage |
| September | 24.4°C | 11.7°C | 72 mm | 7.2 | 12 h 22 | 84 | Strong coverage |
| October | 18.6°C | 5.3°C | 46 mm | 5.4 | 11 h 10 | 61 | Strong coverage |
| November | 10.8°C | -1.5°C | 14 mm | 2.5 | 10 h 08 | 27 | Good coverage |
| December | 4.3°C | -7.1°C | 3 mm | 0.9 | 9 h 37 | 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 | 17.0°C30 Jan 2014 | -24.5°C6 Jan 1955 | 8 mm13 Jan 1957 | 15 mm1972 · driest 0 mm in 1970 | 72 |
| February | 22.9°C13 Feb 1996 | -22.6°C1 Feb 1990 | 18 mm28 Feb 2021 | 26 mm1976 · driest 0 mm in 1999 | 72 |
| March | 30.2°C18 Mar 2009 | -11.9°C6 Mar 1988 | 32 mm29 Mar 1979 | 47 mm1979 · driest 0 mm in 1962 | 72 |
| April | 36.3°C30 Apr 2006 | -6.8°C1 Apr 1972 | 36 mm22 Apr 1969 | 89 mm1969 · driest 1 mm in 1985 | 72 |
| May | 39.3°C21 May 2025 | -1.3°C2 May 1991 | 57 mm14 May 1983 | 146 mm1963 · driest 1 mm in 1979 | 72 |
| June | 40.6°C22 Jun 2005 | 4.7°C2 Jun 1993 | 145 mm30 Jun 2020 | 170 mm2020 · driest 3 mm in 2011 | 72 |
| July | 39.6°C12 Jul 2017 | 10.4°C28 Jul 1989 | 121 mm6 Jul 1963 | 326 mm2016 · driest 15 mm in 2002 | 72 |
| August | 38.4°C1 Aug 2021 | 9.1°C31 Aug 2008 | 85 mm15 Aug 1981 | 344 mm2020 · driest 16 mm in 1997 | 72 |
| September | 36.8°C1 Sep 2002 | -0.5°C26 Sep 1995 | 71 mm20 Sep 2005 | 237 mm1985 · driest 6 mm in 1994 | 71 |
| October | 31.1°C3 Oct 2016 | -6.5°C27 Oct 1997 | 90 mm5 Oct 2021 | 241 mm2021 · driest 1 mm in 1979 | 71 |
| November | 28.0°C1 Nov 2023 | -22.6°C27 Nov 1960 | 21 mm10 Nov 2009 | 45 mm1962 · driest 0 mm in 2002 | 71 |
| December | 21.3°C8 Dec 2023 | -24.2°C10 Dec 1954 | 18 mm10 Dec 1994 | 22 mm2023 · driest 0 mm in 1987 | 71 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 15 | <1 |
| April | 7 | 1 | 2 | <1 |
| May | 20 | 7 | <1 | 1 |
| June | 27 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| July | 29 | 20 | 0 | 3 |
| August | 27 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| September | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| November | 0 | 0 | 19 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was May (scoring 87); on 2011–2025 it is September (86). 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% | 0% | 2% | -0.2–5.6°C |
| February | <1% | 7% | <1% | 3% | 3.1–9.3°C |
| March | 10% | 10% | <1% | 4% | 10.4–16.6°C |
| April | 51% | 15% | 3% | 9% | 17.9–22.7°C |
| May | 79% | 16% | 5% | 11% | 24.0–28.1°C |
| June | 79% | 21% | 6% | 20% | 28.4–32.4°C |
| July | 70% | 31% | 12% | 33% | 29.2–32.4°C |
| August | 71% | 29% | 12% | 31% | 26.9–30.7°C |
| September | 70% | 23% | 8% | 21% | 22.1–26.4°C |
| October | 35% | 16% | 4% | 10% | 16.3–20.6°C |
| November | 2% | 9% | 1% | 4% | 8.0–13.0°C |
| December | 0% | 4% | <1% | 1% | 1.5–6.2°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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