Dunhuang climate

Dunhuang Weather in February

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Dunhuang, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 1°C on February 1 to 8°C on February 28, and lows from -8°C to -3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 0 mm over about 0 wet days.

February day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dunhuang, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020301510152025
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

February at a glance

Average high
5°C
Average low
-5°C
Precipitation
0 mm
Reanalysis high
22°CFeb 18, 2017
Reanalysis low
-18°CFeb 5, 2008
Daylight
10 h 10 min to 11 h 14 min
Cloud cover
60%
Humidity
33%
Dew point
-16°C
Wind
11.5 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Feb 11°C-8°C12°C 2007-16°C 20080%
Feb 22°C-8°C8°C 2007-17°C 20080%
Feb 32°C-8°C12°C 2007-17°C 20081%
Feb 42°C-8°C17°C 1993-16°C 20181%
Feb 52°C-7°C13°C 2011-18°C 20081%
Feb 63°C-7°C12°C 1993-14°C 20080%
Feb 73°C-7°C13°C 1999-16°C 20080%
Feb 83°C-7°C18°C 1993-16°C 20080%
Feb 93°C-6°C10°C 2020-14°C 20080%
Feb 104°C-6°C14°C 1993-13°C 20180%
Feb 114°C-6°C17°C 2006-15°C 20080%
Feb 124°C-6°C13°C 1996-16°C 20080%
Feb 134°C-6°C14°C 2015-13°C 20080%
Feb 144°C-6°C18°C 1993-12°C 20161%
Feb 155°C-5°C12°C 1993-11°C 20161%
Feb 165°C-5°C13°C 2002-13°C 20161%
Feb 175°C-5°C18°C 2004-13°C 20121%
Feb 185°C-5°C22°C 2017-15°C 20050%
Feb 195°C-5°C13°C 2017-13°C 19910%
Feb 206°C-5°C16°C 2001-12°C 20050%
Feb 216°C-4°C11°C 2008-11°C 19910%
Feb 226°C-4°C15°C 2011-10°C 19910%
Feb 236°C-4°C13°C 2011-10°C 20000%
Feb 246°C-4°C18°C 2007-10°C 20001%
Feb 257°C-4°C15°C 2010-9°C 20001%
Feb 267°C-4°C18°C 1992-9°C 20001%
Feb 277°C-3°C16°C 2007-7°C 20001%
Feb 287°C-3°C14°C 2016-9°C 20001%
Feb 298°C-3°C15°C 2016-4°C 20001%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Dunhuang, in percent.00.511.511020
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

February 1
sunrise 8:50 AM, sunset 7:00 PM
February 28
sunrise 8:17 AM, sunset 7:31 PM

Every day of February: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.