Pianguan County
Pianguan County 偏关县 Pienkwan | |
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 Location in Xinzhou | |
  Pianguan Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 39°26′06″N 111°30′45″E / 39.43500°N 111.51250°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Pianguan County (simplified Chinese: 偏关县; traditional Chinese: 偏關縣; pinyin: Piānguān Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is under the administration of Xinzhou city, and is its northernmost county-level division.
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Pianguan, elevation 1,052 m (3,451 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 35.0 (95.0) | 35.2 (95.4) | 41.0 (105.8) | 39.5 (103.1) | 36.4 (97.5) | 35.4 (95.7) | 28.0 (82.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 14.8 (58.6) | 41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) | 3.4 (38.1) | 10.7 (51.3) | 18.8 (65.8) | 24.9 (76.8) | 29.2 (84.6) | 30.7 (87.3) | 28.5 (83.3) | 23.3 (73.9) | 16.1 (61.0) | 7.4 (45.3) | −0.3 (31.5) | 15.9 (60.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.9 (14.2) | −4.8 (23.4) | 2.7 (36.9) | 10.7 (51.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.6 (74.5) | 21.4 (70.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 8.4 (47.1) | −0.1 (31.8) | −7.9 (17.8) | 8.2 (46.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.6 (3.9) | −11.0 (12.2) | −3.7 (25.3) | 3.3 (37.9) | 9.4 (48.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 17.6 (63.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 2.8 (37.0) | −5.2 (22.6) | −13.2 (8.2) | 2.1 (35.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −29.5 (−21.1) | −25.1 (−13.2) | −20.7 (−5.3) | −8.9 (16.0) | −2.9 (26.8) | 2.6 (36.7) | 8.7 (47.7) | 6.8 (44.2) | −2.2 (28.0) | −9.9 (14.2) | −21.6 (−6.9) | −28.5 (−19.3) | −29.5 (−21.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.5 (0.14) | 5.0 (0.20) | 9.0 (0.35) | 21.8 (0.86) | 39.0 (1.54) | 49.8 (1.96) | 105.9 (4.17) | 99.0 (3.90) | 54.4 (2.14) | 27.9 (1.10) | 11.1 (0.44) | 3.1 (0.12) | 429.5 (16.92) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 77.9 |
| Average snowy days | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 18.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 55 | 50 | 41 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 59 | 65 | 63 | 59 | 57 | 55 | 52 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 175.0 | 182.1 | 218.1 | 244.4 | 271.2 | 252.0 | 245.0 | 233.3 | 207.1 | 209.8 | 175.5 | 168.2 | 2,581.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 58 | 60 | 58 | 61 | 61 | 56 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 61 | 59 | 58 | 58 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
References
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Look up Pianguan or P'ien-kuan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
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