Wangmo County (simplified Chinese: 望谟县; traditional Chinese: 望謨縣; pinyin: Wàngmó Xiàn) is a county in the southwest of Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the southeast. It is under the administration of the Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.
Wangmo County 望谟县 | |
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  Wangmo Location of the seat in Guizhou  Wangmo Wangmo (Southwest China) | |
| Coordinates (Wangmo County government): 25°10′29″N 106°05′41″E / 25.1746°N 106.0946°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Autonomous prefecture | Qianxinan |
| County seat | Wangmu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,005.5 km2 (1,160.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 251,629 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Administrative divisions
Wangmo County is divided into 4 subdistricts, 11 towns and 1 ethnic township:[1]
- subdistricts
- Wangmu Subdistrict 王母街道
- Pingdong Subdistrict 平洞街道
- Xintun Subdistrict 新屯街道
- Pantao Subdistrict 蟠桃街道
- towns
- Leyuan Town 乐元镇
- Dayi Town 打易镇
- Lewang Town 乐旺镇
- Sanglang Town 桑郎镇
- Mashan Town 麻山镇
- Shitun Town 石屯镇
- Jiaona Town 郊纳镇
- Zhexiang Town 蔗香镇
- Daguan Town 大观镇
- Bianrao Town 边饶镇
- Angwu Town 昂武镇
- ethnic township
- Youmai Yao Ethnic Township 油迈瑶族乡
Climate
Wangmo recorded 122.5 millimetres (4.82 inches) of rainfall in one hour, on 9 June 2011, the most rainfall in the county in 200 years.[2]And on 20 June 2011, 312 mm (12.28 in) of rain fell in 3hrs in the county [3] as part of significant flooding across the region.
| Climate data for Wangmo, elevation 567 m (1,860 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) | 30.5 (86.9) | 34.4 (93.9) | 36.2 (97.2) | 38.8 (101.8) | 38.5 (101.3) | 37.3 (99.1) | 36.9 (98.4) | 37.2 (99.0) | 37.3 (99.1) | 34.4 (93.9) | 31.9 (89.4) | 30.2 (86.4) | 38.8 (101.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) | 18.6 (65.5) | 22.8 (73.0) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.8 (85.6) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.9 (89.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 25.3 (77.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.4 (61.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 19.9 (67.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) | 9.7 (49.5) | 13.3 (55.9) | 17.4 (63.3) | 20.1 (68.2) | 22.4 (72.3) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.6 (72.7) | 20.5 (68.9) | 17.3 (63.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 8.9 (48.0) | 16.4 (61.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) | 0.6 (33.1) | 0.6 (33.1) | 6.5 (43.7) | 10.3 (50.5) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 16.8 (62.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 7.2 (45.0) | 1.6 (34.9) | −2.5 (27.5) | −2.5 (27.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26.3 (1.04) | 19.9 (0.78) | 37.8 (1.49) | 66.5 (2.62) | 185.8 (7.31) | 284.7 (11.21) | 215.7 (8.49) | 175.4 (6.91) | 93.9 (3.70) | 79.7 (3.14) | 40.7 (1.60) | 19.0 (0.75) | 1,245.4 (49.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.9 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 14.9 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 139.3 |
| Average snowy days | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 56.0 | 76.6 | 98.9 | 137.3 | 150.2 | 131.3 | 165.8 | 179.6 | 148.4 | 99.8 | 106.0 | 75.4 | 1,425.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 17 | 24 | 26 | 36 | 36 | 32 | 40 | 45 | 41 | 28 | 33 | 23 | 32 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||