February 2026 Temperature Review

Compiled from 28 days of daily readings for 433 cities in February 2026; written once at the start of the following month.

February 2026 covered 28 days across 433 cities, with a national mean high of 12.7°C. The warmest provincial readings by mean high were in Hainan at 27.6°C, Taiwan at 24.2°C and Guangdong at 23.7°C, keeping the southern end of the table well ahead of the rest. At the cold end, Heilongjiang averaged -6.2°C, Jilin -1°C and Inner Mongolia 1.1°C, leaving a wide north-south spread in daytime temperatures through the month.

The hottest individual city-day was in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, where the high reached 33.4°C on 20 Feb. Baisha, Hainan, reached 32.8°C on 26 Feb, matching the 32.8°C recorded in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on 15 Feb. Even so, the month produced no 35°C+ city-days, and no cities recorded any 35°C+ days, so the warmest afternoons stayed below the hot-day threshold used here.

The coldest nights remained severe in the far north and northern interior. Daxinganling, Heilongjiang, fell to -34.8°C on 28 Feb, while Hulunbeier, Inner Mongolia, also reached -34.8°C on 6 Feb. Xilinguolei, Inner Mongolia, recorded -32.8°C on 6 Feb, giving Inner Mongolia two of the three lowest nighttime readings listed for the month.

Rainfall was concentrated most strongly in Hunan among the wettest city totals. Hengyang received 182.7 mm over 21 rain days, while Shaoyang had 171.4 mm over 20 rain days and Zhuzhou also had 171.4 mm over 19 rain days. At the dry end, Chuxiong in Yunnan, Baotou in Inner Mongolia and Akesu in Xinjiang each recorded 0 mm, marking a clear contrast with the Hunan totals.

The sharpest one-day temperature falls were led by Chengde, Hebei, which dropped from 19.2°C to 1.3°C on 22 Feb, a change of -17.9°C. In Hunan, Changshashi fell from 24.8°C to 7.1°C on 16 Feb, a -17.7°C drop, while Changsha moved from 25.3°C to 7.7°C on the same date, down -17.6°C. February 2026 therefore combined a moderate national mean high with strong regional contrasts, no 35°C+ heat, heavy rain totals in parts of Hunan, and several sharp single-day reversals.

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