Shaoshan Weather in August
Shaoshan in August
The short of it: Shaoshan in August averages a high of 33 °C (91 °F) and a low of 25 °C (76 °F), with 88 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 13 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 33° · low 25° · rain 88 mm · daylight 13 h 8 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: October & September
Thirty years of records give Shaoshan an average August high of 33°, a low of 25° and some 88 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 33° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 88 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 8 min in mid-August, 37 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and September.
Against its neighbours, Shaoshan runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Xiangxiang, 20 km to the S, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Shaoshan, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 32 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h