Dêrong County

Dêrong County (Tibetan: སྡེ་རོང་།; Chinese: 得荣县) is a county in the west of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Yunnan province to the west. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Dêrong County
得荣县 • སྡེ་རོང་།
Location of the county (red) in Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan province
Location of the county (red) in Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan province
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Area
  Total2,916 km2 (1,126 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Dêrong County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese得荣县
Traditional Chinese得榮縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྡེ་རོང་།

Climate

Climate data for Dêrong (1981−2010 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 25.1
(77.2)
25.9
(78.6)
29.2
(84.6)
31.8
(89.2)
34.2
(93.6)
36.3
(97.3)
36.0
(96.8)
33.6
(92.5)
33.5
(92.3)
30.1
(86.2)
27.1
(80.8)
22.8
(73.0)
36.3
(97.3)
Average high °C (°F) 14.9
(58.8)
16.7
(62.1)
19.4
(66.9)
22.5
(72.5)
26.6
(79.9)
29.7
(85.5)
28.4
(83.1)
27.2
(81.0)
26.4
(79.5)
23.7
(74.7)
19.0
(66.2)
15.3
(59.5)
22.5
(72.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 6.0
(42.8)
8.5
(47.3)
11.7
(53.1)
15.1
(59.2)
19.5
(67.1)
22.8
(73.0)
21.7
(71.1)
20.5
(68.9)
19.4
(66.9)
15.8
(60.4)
10.2
(50.4)
6.1
(43.0)
14.8
(58.6)
Average low °C (°F) −0.6
(30.9)
1.7
(35.1)
5.3
(41.5)
8.9
(48.0)
13.3
(55.9)
17.2
(63.0)
17.0
(62.6)
16.0
(60.8)
14.4
(57.9)
9.9
(49.8)
3.7
(38.7)
−0.4
(31.3)
8.9
(48.0)
Record low °C (°F) −8.9
(16.0)
−5.2
(22.6)
−1.0
(30.2)
2.1
(35.8)
3.6
(38.5)
10.2
(50.4)
6.6
(43.9)
11.4
(52.5)
7.6
(45.7)
2.1
(35.8)
−1.9
(28.6)
−7.7
(18.1)
−8.9
(16.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.2
(0.05)
2.0
(0.08)
4.8
(0.19)
7.2
(0.28)
16.1
(0.63)
38.0
(1.50)
112.7
(4.44)
105.7
(4.16)
42.5
(1.67)
12.0
(0.47)
4.1
(0.16)
0.6
(0.02)
346.9
(13.65)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.0 1.2 2.6 4.1 5.4 9.3 18.7 17.9 9.2 3.5 1.2 0.4 74.5
Average snowy days 1.2 0.7 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.2 2.4
Average relative humidity (%) 36 35 37 40 40 47 61 66 60 49 42 38 46
Mean monthly sunshine hours 174.1 163.2 178.3 169.0 174.0 154.1 121.7 118.8 125.8 163.0 170.3 175.5 1,887.8
Percent possible sunshine 53 51 48 44 41 37 29 29 34 46 53 55 43
Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days, snow days, sunshine 1991–2020)[1][2]

References

  1. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.


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