Climate
Fuling District has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with four distinct seasons and ample rainfall: winters are short, mild, and comparatively dry, while summers are long, hot, and humid. Monthly daily average temperatures range from 7.4 °C (45.3 °F) in January to around 28 °C (82.4 °F) in July and August, with August being slightly warmer. The diurnal temperature variation is 6.52 °C (11.7 °F) and is especially small during winter. Around 87% of the annual precipitation falls from April to October.
| Climate data for Fuling (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.2 (84.6) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.9 (93.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.2 (52.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
20.8 (69.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 17.0 (0.669) |
16.9 (0.665) |
41.5 (1.634) |
116.7 (4.594) |
176.2 (6.937) |
188.3 (7.413) |
153.0 (6.024) |
118.4 (4.661) |
114.2 (4.496) |
111.7 (4.398) |
53.8 (2.118) |
22.9 (0.902) |
1,130.6 (44.512) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.9 | 9.0 | 11.7 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 13.3 | 15.4 | 11.9 | 9.4 | 151.4 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
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