Wuzhai County
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Wuzhai County 五寨县 | |
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Coordinates: 38°54′39″N 111°50′49″E / 38.9108°N 111.8470°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shanxi |
Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 036200 |
Wuzhai (Chinese: 五寨; pinyin: Wǔzhài; lit. 'five villages') is a county of northwestern Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Xinzhou City.
Climate[edit]
Wuzhai has a monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with cold and very dry winters, and warm, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −12.2 °C (10.0 °F) in January to 20.2 °C (68.4 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 5.4 °C (41.7 °F). June thru September accounts for nearly three-fourths of the 454 millimetres (17.9 in) of annual precipitation. Due to the high elevation and dry climate, the diurnal temperature variation averages 15 °C (27 °F) annually.
Climate data for Wuzhai, elevation 1,401 m (4,596 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) | 18.6 (65.5) | 25.3 (77.5) | 33.1 (91.6) | 32.5 (90.5) | 36.7 (98.1) | 35.7 (96.3) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.4 (90.3) | 26.6 (79.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 15.7 (60.3) | 36.7 (98.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) | 1.8 (35.2) | 8.4 (47.1) | 16.2 (61.2) | 22.1 (71.8) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.0 (80.6) | 25.3 (77.5) | 20.9 (69.6) | 14.2 (57.6) | 6.2 (43.2) | −0.9 (30.4) | 13.7 (56.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.6 (11.1) | −7.0 (19.4) | 0.3 (32.5) | 8.3 (46.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 19.0 (66.2) | 20.4 (68.7) | 18.2 (64.8) | 13.1 (55.6) | 6.1 (43.0) | −2.1 (28.2) | −9.5 (14.9) | 5.8 (42.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −18.1 (−0.6) | −13.5 (7.7) | −6.3 (20.7) | 0.3 (32.5) | 6.4 (43.5) | 11.2 (52.2) | 13.6 (56.5) | 11.9 (53.4) | 6.4 (43.5) | −0.2 (31.6) | −7.8 (18.0) | −15.4 (4.3) | −1.0 (30.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −32.7 (−26.9) | −30.8 (−23.4) | −28.1 (−18.6) | −14.6 (5.7) | −8.1 (17.4) | −0.5 (31.1) | 4.1 (39.4) | 0.3 (32.5) | −6.1 (21.0) | −13.4 (7.9) | −28.6 (−19.5) | −35.4 (−31.7) | −35.4 (−31.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.7 (0.15) | 6.6 (0.26) | 9.6 (0.38) | 24.8 (0.98) | 39.8 (1.57) | 66.0 (2.60) | 109.0 (4.29) | 111.0 (4.37) | 66.3 (2.61) | 31.3 (1.23) | 13.1 (0.52) | 3.7 (0.15) | 484.9 (19.11) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 90.9 |
Average snowy days | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 34.1 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 58 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 42 | 52 | 68 | 74 | 70 | 64 | 60 | 58 | 58 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 186.2 | 183.7 | 222.6 | 237.9 | 263.9 | 242.5 | 236.0 | 217.4 | 206.4 | 212.2 | 189.5 | 181.8 | 2,580.1 |
Percent possible sunshine | 61 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 56 | 62 | 64 | 62 | 59 |
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Weather China[3] |
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 五寨 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)