Gadê County

Gadê County (Tibetan: དགའ་བདེ་རྫོང; Chinese: 甘德县; pinyin: Gāndé Xiàn) is a county in the southeast of Qinghai Province, China, bordering Gansu to the east. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Gadê County
甘德县 • དགའ་བདེ་རྫོང
Gadê / Gande County (light red) within Golog Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Gadê / Gande County (light red) within Golog Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Gadê is located in Qinghai
Gadê
Gadê
Location of the seat in Qinghai
Coordinates: 33.988°N 100.188°E / 33.988; 100.188
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureGolog
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Gadê County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese甘德县
Traditional Chinese甘德縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanདགའ་བདེ་རྫོང

Administrative divisions

Gadê is divided into one town and six townships:

  • Kequ Town (柯曲镇)
  • Shanggongma Township (上贡麻乡)
  • Xiagongma Township (下贡麻乡)
  • Ganglong Township (岗龙乡)
  • Jiangqian Township (江千乡)
  • Xiazangke Township (下藏科乡)
  • Qingzhen Township (青珍乡)

Climate

Climate data for Gadê (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 8.7
(47.7)
9.9
(49.8)
14.3
(57.7)
18.8
(65.8)
19.2
(66.6)
21.0
(69.8)
24.2
(75.6)
22.8
(73.0)
22.0
(71.6)
20.4
(68.7)
10.4
(50.7)
9.2
(48.6)
24.2
(75.6)
Average high °C (°F) −4.3
(24.3)
−1.9
(28.6)
1.9
(35.4)
6.4
(43.5)
10.2
(50.4)
13.0
(55.4)
15.3
(59.5)
15.1
(59.2)
12.2
(54.0)
6.5
(43.7)
0.7
(33.3)
−3.0
(26.6)
6.0
(42.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −14.6
(5.7)
−11.3
(11.7)
−6.5
(20.3)
−1.1
(30.0)
3.2
(37.8)
6.6
(43.9)
8.8
(47.8)
7.9
(46.2)
4.7
(40.5)
−1.3
(29.7)
−9.1
(15.6)
−13.7
(7.3)
−2.2
(28.0)
Average low °C (°F) −23.3
(−9.9)
−19.5
(−3.1)
−13.5
(7.7)
−7.3
(18.9)
−2.7
(27.1)
1.3
(34.3)
3.0
(37.4)
1.8
(35.2)
−0.6
(30.9)
−6.6
(20.1)
−16.3
(2.7)
−22.3
(−8.1)
−8.8
(16.1)
Record low °C (°F) −39.3
(−38.7)
−33.9
(−29.0)
−31.5
(−24.7)
−18.6
(−1.5)
−15.4
(4.3)
−7.7
(18.1)
−6.4
(20.5)
−7.8
(18.0)
−11.4
(11.5)
−24.3
(−11.7)
−31.7
(−25.1)
−38.4
(−37.1)
−39.3
(−38.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5.9
(0.23)
7.8
(0.31)
14.1
(0.56)
24.3
(0.96)
59.5
(2.34)
106.6
(4.20)
106.9
(4.21)
87.9
(3.46)
77.0
(3.03)
35.5
(1.40)
5.4
(0.21)
3.0
(0.12)
533.9
(21.03)
Average relative humidity (%) 56 55 57 59 66 73 75 75 76 72 62 56 65
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[1]

See also

References

  1. 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 24 November 2022.


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