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Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Ganshui China

In Ganshui, the wet season is warm, humid, and mostly cloudy and the dry season is cool and partly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 43°F to 90°F and is rarely below 37°F or above 97°F.

Based on the tourism score, the best times of year to visit Ganshui for warm-weather activities are from mid April to early June and from mid September to late October.

Climate in Ganshui

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Ganshui weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The hot season lasts for 2.9 months, from June 14 to September 9, with an average daily high temperature above 82°F. The hottest month of the year in Ganshui is July, with an average high of 89°F and low of 76°F.

The cool season lasts for 3.0 months, from November 26 to February 27, with an average daily high temperature below 59°F. The coldest month of the year in Ganshui is January, with an average low of 43°F and high of 51°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in Ganshui

Average High and Low Temperature in GanshuihotcoolcoolJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°FJan 1951°FJan 1951°FJul 2690°FJul 2690°F43°F43°F77°F77°FJun 1482°FJun 1482°FSep 982°FSep 982°FNov 2659°FNov 2659°FFeb 2759°FFeb 2759°F72°F72°F71°F71°F51°F51°F48°F48°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 51°F56°F64°F72°F78°F83°F89°F88°F80°F70°F62°F54°F
Temp. 47°F50°F58°F66°F72°F77°F82°F82°F75°F66°F58°F49°F
Low 43°F46°F52°F60°F67°F72°F76°F76°F69°F62°F53°F45°F

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in Ganshui

Average Hourly Temperature in GanshuiJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNowNowcoldcoldcoolcoolcomfortablewarmhotcomfortablevery cold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Harkers Island, North Carolina, United States (8,057 miles away); Çırtıman, Turkey (4,053 miles); and Āmol, Iran (3,171 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Ganshui (view comparison).

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In Ganshui, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Ganshui begins around September 12 and lasts for 8.8 months, ending around June 5.

The clearest month of the year in Ganshui is January, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 65% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 5 and lasts for 3.2 months, ending around September 12.

The cloudiest month of the year in Ganshui is July, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 65% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in Ganshui

Cloud Cover Categories in GanshuiclearerclearercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Jan 2267%Jan 2267%Jul 630%Jul 630%Sep 1248%Sep 1248%Jun 549%Jun 549%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 35%37%43%49%47%60%65%60%51%45%42%41%
Clearer 65%63%57%51%53%40%35%40%49%55%58%59%

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days in Ganshui varies significantly throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 7.0 months, from March 26 to October 25, with a greater than 30% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in Ganshui is June, with an average of 15.6 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 5.0 months, from October 25 to March 26. The month with the fewest wet days in Ganshui is January, with an average of 2.0 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in Ganshui is June, with an average of 15.6 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 54% on June 19.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Ganshui

Daily Chance of Precipitation in GanshuiwetdrydryJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Jun 1954%Jun 1954%Dec 286%Dec 286%Mar 2630%Mar 2630%Oct 2530%Oct 2530%NowNowrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 2.0d2.8d6.8d11.2d14.3d15.6d13.8d12.0d10.6d10.3d5.1d2.3d

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Ganshui experiences extreme seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

The rainy period of the year lasts for 9.5 months, from February 22 to December 4, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The month with the most rain in Ganshui is June, with an average rainfall of 6.3 inches.

The rainless period of the year lasts for 2.6 months, from December 4 to February 22. The month with the least rain in Ganshui is January, with an average rainfall of 0.3 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in Ganshui

Average Monthly Rainfall in GanshuirainJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 in0 in2 in2 in4 in4 in6 in6 in8 in8 in10 in10 inJun 216.4 inJun 216.4 inJan 240.3 inJan 240.3 inDec 40.5 inDec 40.5 inNowNow
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rainfall 0.3″0.4″1.3″3.0″4.7″6.3″5.4″4.6″3.6″2.4″1.1″0.3″

The length of the day in Ganshui varies over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is December 21, with 10 hours, 19 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 21, with 13 hours, 59 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Ganshui

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in GanshuiJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hr12 hr, 6 minMar 2012 hr, 6 minMar 2013 hr, 59 minJun 2113 hr, 59 minJun 2112 hr, 8 minSep 2212 hr, 8 minSep 2210 hr, 19 minDec 2110 hr, 19 minDec 21nightnightdayNowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 10.5h11.2h12.0h12.9h13.6h13.9h13.8h13.1h12.3h11.5h10.7h10.3h

The earliest sunrise is at 5:54 AM on June 10, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 53 minutes later at 7:47 AM on January 11. The earliest sunset is at 5:55 PM on December 1, and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 0 minutes later at 7:55 PM on June 30.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed in Ganshui during 2024.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in Ganshui

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in GanshuiJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMJun 105:54 AMJun 105:54 AM7:55 PMJun 307:55 PMJun 30Dec 15:55 PMDec 15:55 PM7:47 AMJan 117:47 AMJan 11daynightnightSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in Ganshui

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in GanshuiJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AM0000101010102020202030303030404040405050506060707080000010101010202020203030303040404040505050606070708038NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in Ganshui

The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

Ganshui experiences extreme seasonal variation in the perceived humidity.

The muggier period of the year lasts for 4.8 months, from May 8 to October 2, during which time the comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable at least 24% of the time. The month with the most muggy days in Ganshui is July, with 29.3 days that are muggy or worse.

The month with the fewest muggy days in Ganshui is January, with 0.0 days that are muggy or worse.

Humidity Comfort Levels in Ganshui

Humidity Comfort Levels in GanshuimuggyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Jan 290%Jan 290%95%Jul 1095%Jul 10May 824%May 824%Oct 224%Oct 224%NowNowoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggydrydrymiserablemiserablehumidhumidcomfortablecomfortable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 0.0d0.0d0.1d2.0d10.5d23.5d29.3d27.2d14.8d3.4d0.1d0.0d

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Ganshui experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 3.9 months, from February 10 to June 6, with average wind speeds of more than 5.7 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Ganshui is April, with an average hourly wind speed of 6.4 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 8.1 months, from June 6 to February 10. The calmest month of the year in Ganshui is December, with an average hourly wind speed of 5.0 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in Ganshui

Average Wind Speed in GanshuiwindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mphMay 16.5 mphMay 16.5 mphDec 284.9 mphDec 284.9 mphFeb 105.7 mphFeb 105.7 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 5.25.86.36.46.25.96.35.95.65.15.25.0

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Ganshui is from the south throughout the year.

Wind Direction in Ganshui

Wind Direction in GanshuiJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNowsoutheastnorthwest
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Ganshui throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Ganshui for general outdoor tourist activities are from mid April to early June and from mid September to late October, with a peak score in the first week of October.

Tourism Score in Ganshui

Tourism Score in Ganshuibest timebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810106.76.70.70.76.56.53.93.9NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Ganshui for hot-weather activities are from late May to late June and from early July to mid September, with a peak score in the first week of September.

Beach/Pool Score in Ganshui

Beach/Pool Score in Ganshuibest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810105.75.70.00.05.45.4NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Ganshui are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Ganshui

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in GanshuiJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%100%Feb 17100%Feb 1791%Jan 1091%Jan 10Jul 10100%Jul 10100%NowNowvery coldcoldcoolwarmhotcomfortablesweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

Growing Degree Days in Ganshui

Growing Degree Days in GanshuiJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F1,000°F1,000°F2,000°F2,000°F3,000°F3,000°F4,000°F4,000°F5,000°F5,000°F6,000°F6,000°FFeb 2286°FFeb 2286°FMay 3900°FMay 3900°FJun 111,800°FJun 111,800°FDec 315,746°FDec 315,746°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 4.4 months, from April 20 to August 31, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 5.4 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Ganshui is July, with an average of 5.9 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 3.1 months, from October 30 to February 3, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 3.3 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Ganshui is December, with an average of 2.6 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Ganshui

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in GanshuibrightdarkdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhJul 206.0 kWhJul 206.0 kWhDec 222.6 kWhDec 222.6 kWhApr 205.4 kWhApr 205.4 kWhAug 315.4 kWhAug 315.4 kWhOct 303.3 kWhOct 303.3 kWhFeb 33.3 kWhFeb 33.3 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 2.93.64.55.25.85.85.95.74.83.62.92.6

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ganshui are 28.742 deg latitude, 106.711 deg longitude, and 1,358 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ganshui contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,365 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,487 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,904 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (6,821 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ganshui is covered by cropland (49%), grassland (33%), and shrubs (16%), within 10 miles by cropland (36%) and grassland (33%), and within 50 miles by trees (56%) and cropland (30%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Ganshui, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Ganshui.

At a distance of 109 kilometers from Ganshui, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records.

The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Ganshui according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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