Yuanqu County is a county in Yuncheng City, in the south of Shanxi province, China, bordering Henan province to the southeast and south. It is the easternmost county-level division of Yuncheng.
Yuanqu County 垣曲县 Yuanku; Yüanku | |
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 Location in Yuncheng | |
  Yuanqu Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 35°17′38″N 111°40′24″E / 35.29389°N 111.67333°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Yuncheng |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 垣曲縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 垣曲县 | ||||||||
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Climate
| Climate data for Yuanqu, elevation 505 m (1,657 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) | 18.1 (64.6) | 22.4 (72.3) | 29.5 (85.1) | 37.9 (100.2) | 39.6 (103.3) | 40.3 (104.5) | 40.5 (104.9) | 39.4 (102.9) | 38.3 (100.9) | 31.8 (89.2) | 26.9 (80.4) | 20.3 (68.5) | 40.5 (104.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) | 8.7 (47.7) | 14.8 (58.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.1 (88.0) | 29.4 (84.9) | 25.1 (77.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 12.9 (55.2) | 6.7 (44.1) | 19.4 (66.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) | 2.8 (37.0) | 8.2 (46.8) | 14.8 (58.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.8 (78.4) | 24.3 (75.7) | 19.5 (67.1) | 13.7 (56.7) | 7.2 (45.0) | 1.6 (34.9) | 13.5 (56.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.4 (24.1) | −1.7 (28.9) | 2.9 (37.2) | 8.6 (47.5) | 13.6 (56.5) | 18.3 (64.9) | 21.5 (70.7) | 20.5 (68.9) | 15.3 (59.5) | 9.2 (48.6) | 2.8 (37.0) | −2.4 (27.7) | 8.7 (47.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.2 (6.4) | −13.7 (7.3) | −7.6 (18.3) | −2.0 (28.4) | 3.4 (38.1) | 9.9 (49.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 5.4 (41.7) | −1.6 (29.1) | −8.8 (16.2) | −12.3 (9.9) | −14.2 (6.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9.4 (0.37) | 12.6 (0.50) | 18.1 (0.71) | 41.7 (1.64) | 53.2 (2.09) | 62.4 (2.46) | 142.2 (5.60) | 105.8 (4.17) | 89.9 (3.54) | 50.6 (1.99) | 23.1 (0.91) | 6.4 (0.25) | 615.4 (24.23) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 84.5 |
| Average snowy days | 4.6 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 15 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 50 | 53 | 54 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 76 | 79 | 76 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 62 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 153 | 147.1 | 176.1 | 203.6 | 220.2 | 205.9 | 174.7 | 169.8 | 147.8 | 156.6 | 155.8 | 159.5 | 2,070.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 49 | 47 | 47 | 52 | 51 | 47 | 40 | 41 | 40 | 45 | 51 | 53 | 47 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
References
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)