Yan’an Weather in August
Yan’an in August
The short of it: Yan’an in August averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 104 mm (4.1 in) of rain and about 13 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 17° · rain 104 mm · daylight 13 h 33 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Yan’an an average August high of 28°, a low of 17° and some 104 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 28°, nights near 17°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 104 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 33 min in mid-August, 53 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and April.
Against its neighbours, Yan’an runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Wayaobu, 62 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
August in Yan’an, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WayaobuShaanxi | 62 km NNE | 27° | 17° | 103 mm |
| HanchengShaanxi | 152 km SE | 31° | 21° | 83 mm |
| YintaiShaanxi | 169 km SSW | 27° | 18° | 98 mm |
| TongchuanshiShaanxi | 173 km SSW | 27° | 18° | 99 mm |
| LüliangShanxi | 179 km NE | 28° | 16° | 99 mm |
| YulinshiShaanxi | 189 km N | 28° | 16° | 87 mm |
| LinfenShanxi | 190 km ESE | 30° | 20° | 91 mm |
| QingyangGansu | 193 km WSW | 25° | 16° | 105 mm |