Tianzhen County (simplified Chinese: 天镇县; traditional Chinese: 天鎮縣; pinyin: Tiānzhèn Xiàn) is a county of Shanxi province, China, bordering Hebei province to the northeast, east and south and Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is under the administration of Datong City and is the northernmost county-level division of the province.
Tianzhen County 天镇县 Tienchen | |
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 Urban area from above | |
  Tianzhen Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 40°25′12″N 114°05′28″E / 40.420°N 114.091°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Datong |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
History
Climate
| Climate data for Tianzhen, elevation 1,015 m (3,330 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) | 11.0 (51.8) | 18.1 (64.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 32.1 (89.8) | 36.2 (97.2) | 38.1 (100.6) | 38.1 (100.6) | 35.5 (95.9) | 34.7 (94.5) | 28.1 (82.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 14.3 (57.7) | 38.1 (100.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) | 2.0 (35.6) | 9.1 (48.4) | 17.4 (63.3) | 23.8 (74.8) | 27.6 (81.7) | 28.7 (83.7) | 27.2 (81.0) | 22.7 (72.9) | 15.4 (59.7) | 6.1 (43.0) | −1.3 (29.7) | 14.7 (58.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.4 (13.3) | −5.8 (21.6) | 1.5 (34.7) | 9.7 (49.5) | 16.5 (61.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 15.1 (59.2) | 7.8 (46.0) | −1.1 (30.0) | −8.2 (17.2) | 7.4 (45.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.8 (1.8) | −12.4 (9.7) | −5.3 (22.5) | 2.0 (35.6) | 8.8 (47.8) | 13.7 (56.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 14.5 (58.1) | 8.3 (46.9) | 1.3 (34.3) | −6.8 (19.8) | −14.1 (6.6) | 0.8 (33.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.4 (−35.3) | −28.3 (−18.9) | −21.0 (−5.8) | −10.0 (14.0) | −4.8 (23.4) | 0.3 (32.5) | 6.8 (44.2) | 3.3 (37.9) | −2.3 (27.9) | −10.9 (12.4) | −27.7 (−17.9) | −32.2 (−26.0) | −37.4 (−35.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.4 (0.06) | 2.8 (0.11) | 7.4 (0.29) | 17.9 (0.70) | 35.7 (1.41) | 62.7 (2.47) | 105.0 (4.13) | 77.0 (3.03) | 53.9 (2.12) | 21.8 (0.86) | 7.7 (0.30) | 1.5 (0.06) | 394.8 (15.54) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 7.2 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 9.2 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 74.5 |
| Average snowy days | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 17.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 46 | 41 | 37 | 40 | 53 | 67 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 54 | 51 | 53 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 199.8 | 202.6 | 240.3 | 253.4 | 274.6 | 250.7 | 248.8 | 243.6 | 223.7 | 223.4 | 192.8 | 189.1 | 2,742.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 67 | 67 | 64 | 63 | 61 | 56 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 62 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tianzhen County.
Look up Tianzhen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Official website (in Chinese)