Huaibin County (simplified Chinese: 淮滨县; traditional Chinese: 淮濱縣; pinyin: Huáibīn Xiàn) is a county in the southeast of Henan province, China, bordering Anhui province to the northeast. Situated along the Huai River (Huaihe), it is under the administration of Xinyang city.
Huaibin County 淮滨县 | |
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 Huaihe Museum | |
  Huaibin Location of the seat in Henan | |
| Coordinates: 32°28′23″N 115°25′12″E / 32.473°N 115.420°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinyang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,192 km2 (460 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
| • Total | 569,500 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 464400 |
Administrative divisions
As 2012, this county is divided to 5 towns and 5 townships.[3]
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Climate
| Climate data for Huaibin (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) | 21.6 (70.9) | 28.2 (82.8) | 29.5 (85.1) | 33.7 (92.7) | 37.1 (98.8) | 39.2 (102.6) | 40.7 (105.3) | 38.2 (100.8) | 38.1 (100.6) | 33.6 (92.5) | 28.8 (83.8) | 22.5 (72.5) | 40.7 (105.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 15.7 (60.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.1 (86.2) | 32.2 (90.0) | 31.3 (88.3) | 27.6 (81.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 9.3 (48.7) | 20.9 (69.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) | 5.4 (41.7) | 10.4 (50.7) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.0 (80.6) | 22.6 (72.7) | 17.2 (63.0) | 10.6 (51.1) | 4.6 (40.3) | 16.0 (60.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) | 1.5 (34.7) | 6.1 (43.0) | 11.6 (52.9) | 17.1 (62.8) | 21.7 (71.1) | 24.6 (76.3) | 23.6 (74.5) | 18.7 (65.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 6.5 (43.7) | 1.0 (33.8) | 12.0 (53.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.5 (−1.3) | −13.4 (7.9) | −4.7 (23.5) | 0.1 (32.2) | 5.6 (42.1) | 12.8 (55.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 14.6 (58.3) | 7.5 (45.5) | 1.3 (34.3) | −7.6 (18.3) | −15.8 (3.6) | −18.5 (−1.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 32.5 (1.28) | 37.0 (1.46) | 63.8 (2.51) | 65.6 (2.58) | 102.0 (4.02) | 163.0 (6.42) | 210.5 (8.29) | 129.9 (5.11) | 65.2 (2.57) | 60.7 (2.39) | 45.9 (1.81) | 25.8 (1.02) | 1,001.9 (39.46) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 103.2 |
| Average snowy days | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 11.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 80 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 75 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 102.3 | 105.7 | 142.6 | 171.7 | 173.8 | 166.2 | 174.9 | 162.5 | 139.5 | 134.4 | 127.8 | 116.3 | 1,717.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 32 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 41 | 38 | 39 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||