Guanting Weather in February
Guanting in February
The short of it: Guanting in February averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of -5 °C (23 °F), with 5.0 mm (0.20 in) of rain and about 10 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low -5° · rain 5.0 mm · daylight 10 h 56 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: March & August
Thirty years of records give Guanting an average February high of 5°, a low of -5° and some 5.0 mm of rain. Much like January: highs about 5°, nights near -5°. Pack the buffalo coat. Rain is scarce, about 5.0 mm, the 10th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 56 min in mid-February, 48 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates February 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and August.
Against its neighbours, Guanting runs about middling and drier than most in February. Dongshan, 11 km to the SW, is 2° cooler by day.
February in Guanting, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus January
- 3° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus March
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
February averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DongshanGansu | 11 km SW | 3° | -8° | 7.0 mm |
| LianghekouGansu | 15 km SSW | 7° | -3° | 5.0 mm |
| Zhouqu ChengguanzhenGansu | 16 km WSW | 6° | -5° | 5.0 mm |
| NanyangGansu | 19 km NNE | 4° | -7° | 6.0 mm |
| HanyuanGansu | 21 km NE | 4° | -7° | 6.0 mm |
| ShawanGansu | 21 km S | 7° | -3° | 5.0 mm |
| XinzhaiGansu | 24 km SE | 5° | -5° | 6.0 mm |
| FengdieGansu | 27 km W | 7° | -5° | 5.0 mm |