Jiang County or Jiangxian (simplified Chinese: 绛县; traditional Chinese: 絳縣; pinyin: Jiàng Xiàn) is a county in the south of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Yuncheng city.
Jiang County 絳縣 | |
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 Location in Yuncheng | |
  Jiangxian Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 35°29′03″N 111°37′41″E / 35.48417°N 111.62806°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Yuncheng |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
It is the site of a necropolis at Hengbei dating to the Zhou dynasty.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Jiangxian, elevation 761 m (2,497 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) | 16.1 (61.0) | 21.2 (70.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 33.1 (91.6) | 36.5 (97.7) | 39.4 (102.9) | 38.5 (101.3) | 37.4 (99.3) | 36.7 (98.1) | 29.3 (84.7) | 25.0 (77.0) | 15.6 (60.1) | 39.4 (102.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) | 7.2 (45.0) | 13.3 (55.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 29.2 (84.6) | 30.0 (86.0) | 28.3 (82.9) | 23.8 (74.8) | 17.9 (64.2) | 10.8 (51.4) | 4.4 (39.9) | 17.7 (63.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.6 (27.3) | 1.4 (34.5) | 7.5 (45.5) | 14.1 (57.4) | 19.2 (66.6) | 23.7 (74.7) | 25.2 (77.4) | 23.6 (74.5) | 18.9 (66.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 5.4 (41.7) | −1.1 (30.0) | 12.3 (54.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) | −3.1 (26.4) | 2.3 (36.1) | 8.1 (46.6) | 13.2 (55.8) | 18.1 (64.6) | 20.7 (69.3) | 19.5 (67.1) | 14.7 (58.5) | 8.3 (46.9) | 1.1 (34.0) | −5.2 (22.6) | 7.6 (45.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.5 (−4.9) | −17.1 (1.2) | −11.0 (12.2) | −3.4 (25.9) | 1.9 (35.4) | 7.3 (45.1) | 11.8 (53.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 4.0 (39.2) | −5.3 (22.5) | −15.4 (4.3) | −20.4 (−4.7) | −20.5 (−4.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.4 (0.29) | 10.4 (0.41) | 15.9 (0.63) | 44.0 (1.73) | 56.8 (2.24) | 65.4 (2.57) | 116.1 (4.57) | 89.8 (3.54) | 81.7 (3.22) | 50.3 (1.98) | 25.2 (0.99) | 5.0 (0.20) | 568 (22.37) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 82.4 |
| Average snowy days | 4.9 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 17.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 54 | 53 | 51 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 63 | 55 | 60 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 154.7 | 156.4 | 191.6 | 219.7 | 238.5 | 224.9 | 217.8 | 195.7 | 163.8 | 163.9 | 157.6 | 164.1 | 2,248.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 49 | 50 | 51 | 56 | 55 | 52 | 50 | 47 | 45 | 48 | 52 | 54 | 51 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References
External links
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)