October
October · May · September
China · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Dongtai: typically 22.4°C by day, 13.3°C at night, with 61 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · May · September
September · June · May
April · October · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 8 against October’s 86 — days reach only 6.6°C, 17° 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 | 6.6°C | -1.1°C | 55 mm | 6.6 | 10 h 12 | 8 | Good coverage |
| February | 8.9°C | 0.6°C | 46 mm | 6.8 | 10 h 58 | 20 | Strong coverage |
| March | 13.4°C | 4.4°C | 74 mm | 7.8 | 11 h 53 | 36 | Good coverage |
| April | 19.8°C | 9.7°C | 76 mm | 6.7 | 12 h 57 | 67 | Strong coverage |
| May | 25.4°C | 15.4°C | 112 mm | 8.6 | 13 h 50 | 79 | Good coverage |
| June | 28.6°C | 20.2°C | 183 mm | 9.8 | 14 h 18 | 49 | Good coverage |
| July | 31.3°C | 24.4°C | 273 mm | 12 | 14 h 07 | 18 | Good coverage |
| August | 30.7°C | 24.1°C | 225 mm | 10.9 | 13 h 22 | 28 | Good coverage |
| September | 27.2°C | 19.5°C | 100 mm | 7.2 | 12 h 20 | 69 | Good coverage |
| October | 22.4°C | 13.3°C | 61 mm | 5.2 | 11 h 18 | 86 | Good coverage |
| November | 16°C | 7.1°C | 71 mm | 7.9 | 10 h 25 | 50 | Strong coverage |
| December | 9.2°C | 0.9°C | 41 mm | 5.7 | 10 h | 23 | Strong 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 | 20.0°C19 Jan 2010 | -11.8°C16 Jan 1958 | 40 mm26 Jan 2018 | 226 mm2018 · driest 0 mm in 1963 | 73 |
| February | 25.4°C10 Feb 1987 | -11.5°C6 Feb 1969 | 50 mm20 Feb 2024 | 126 mm2024 · driest 0 mm in 1968 | 74 |
| March | 31.0°C26 Mar 2025 | -7.6°C1 Mar 1956 | 56 mm22 Mar 2012 | 212 mm1991 · driest 6 mm in 2001 | 73 |
| April | 32.4°C14 Apr 1978 | -1.4°C1 Apr 1972 | 71 mm24 Apr 1998 | 207 mm1958 · driest 10 mm in 2000 | 74 |
| May | 36.7°C30 May 2014 | 4.4°C5 May 1961 | 91 mm4 May 1988 | 289 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 2022 | 74 |
| June | 37.5°C19 Jun 1953 | 11.5°C2 Jun 1981 | 207 mm23 Jun 1985 | 473 mm1956 · driest 3 mm in 2012 | 74 |
| July | 38.5°C7 Jul 1978 | 15.4°C5 Jul 1976 | 182 mm4 Jul 2021 | 720 mm1991 · driest 12 mm in 1994 | 74 |
| August | 38.8°C2 Aug 2003 | 14.8°C31 Aug 1955 | 321 mm10 Aug 2015 | 575 mm1960 · driest 4 mm in 1996 | 73 |
| September | 37.2°C2 Sep 1964 | 9.8°C29 Sep 1972 | 160 mm16 Sep 2016 | 382 mm1962 · driest 15 mm in 1997 | 71 |
| October | 36.2°C3 Oct 2022 | 1.7°C28 Oct 1966 | 140 mm14 Oct 2021 | 449 mm2016 · driest 2 mm in 1979 | 73 |
| November | 29.2°C1 Nov 2023 | -5.6°C27 Nov 2015 | 101 mm4 Nov 1989 | 202 mm1989 · driest 0 mm in 1988 | 73 |
| December | 23.5°C9 Dec 2023 | -10.8°C29 Dec 1967 | 33 mm19 Dec 1959 | 113 mm2018 · driest 0 mm in 1980 | 73 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| April | 4 | <1 | 0 | 2 |
| May | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| June | 25 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 30 | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| August | 30 | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| September | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| October | 7 | <1 | 0 | 1 |
| November | <1 | 0 | <1 | 2 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was May (scoring 92); on 2011–2025 it is October (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% | 18% | 4% | 16% | 4.6–8.5°C |
| February | 1% | 22% | 5% | 24% | 5.8–10.9°C |
| March | 9% | 24% | 8% | 21% | 10.1–15.3°C |
| April | 37% | 23% | 9% | 22% | 17.7–21.4°C |
| May | 72% | 24% | 9% | 19% | 22.9–27.2°C |
| June | 73% | 29% | 15% | 35% | 27.0–30.5°C |
| July | 66% | 36% | 19% | 45% | 29.3–33.4°C |
| August | 71% | 30% | 14% | 35% | 29.5–33.3°C |
| September | 78% | 24% | 10% | 20% | 25.7–28.4°C |
| October | 65% | 18% | 6% | 15% | 20.9–23.6°C |
| November | 15% | 19% | 6% | 18% | 13.9–17.9°C |
| December | <1% | 14% | 3% | 13% | 7.2–10.9°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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