Hanyuan County

Hanyuan County (simplified Chinese: 汉源县; traditional Chinese: 漢源縣; pinyin: Hànyuán Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Ya'an city. The principal town is Shirong. The Pubugou Hydropower Station in the county has caused displacement problems for thousands of villagers, and in 2004 some 20,000 villagers protested against it.[1][2]

Hanyuan County
汉源县
Location of Hanyuan County (red) in Ya'an City (yellow) and Sichuan province
Location of Hanyuan County (red) in Ya'an City (yellow) and Sichuan province
Hanyuan is located in Sichuan
Hanyuan
Hanyuan
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Coordinates: 29.344°N 102.652°E / 29.344; 102.652
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Prefecture-level cityYa'an
Area
  Total2,349 km2 (907 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)
350,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Climate

Climate data for Hanyuan (1981−2010 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 20.9
(69.6)
32.6
(90.7)
35.6
(96.1)
36.8
(98.2)
39.2
(102.6)
37.1
(98.8)
38.7
(101.7)
38.8
(101.8)
38.5
(101.3)
32.8
(91.0)
25.7
(78.3)
20.6
(69.1)
39.2
(102.6)
Average high °C (°F) 12.5
(54.5)
15.2
(59.4)
19.7
(67.5)
24.7
(76.5)
27.2
(81.0)
27.7
(81.9)
30.3
(86.5)
29.9
(85.8)
25.8
(78.4)
21.3
(70.3)
17.8
(64.0)
13.5
(56.3)
22.1
(71.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 8.3
(46.9)
10.5
(50.9)
14.1
(57.4)
18.4
(65.1)
21.1
(70.0)
22.6
(72.7)
24.5
(76.1)
24.2
(75.6)
21.2
(70.2)
17.4
(63.3)
13.5
(56.3)
9.3
(48.7)
17.1
(62.8)
Average low °C (°F) 4.8
(40.6)
6.7
(44.1)
9.8
(49.6)
13.8
(56.8)
17.0
(62.6)
19.1
(66.4)
20.9
(69.6)
20.7
(69.3)
18.3
(64.9)
14.9
(58.8)
10.7
(51.3)
6.2
(43.2)
13.6
(56.4)
Record low °C (°F) −2.6
(27.3)
−2.3
(27.9)
−0.1
(31.8)
5.6
(42.1)
8.8
(47.8)
12.0
(53.6)
15.2
(59.4)
14.5
(58.1)
11.0
(51.8)
5.4
(41.7)
2.4
(36.3)
−1.6
(29.1)
−2.6
(27.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2.0
(0.08)
6.0
(0.24)
19.7
(0.78)
54.5
(2.15)
89.6
(3.53)
129.2
(5.09)
180.8
(7.12)
181.5
(7.15)
105.0
(4.13)
32.7
(1.29)
13.0
(0.51)
1.6
(0.06)
815.6
(32.13)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.2 2.4 8.9 13.8 15.2 19.6 20.1 16.3 21.0 14.0 4.3 1.6 138.4
Average snowy days 1.1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1.8
Average relative humidity (%) 57 55 56 61 67 77 78 78 79 76 71 64 68
Mean monthly sunshine hours 108.0 123.2 132.1 141.8 123.4 81.0 118.1 151.0 64.3 74.6 98.6 90.4 1,306.5
Percent possible sunshine 33 39 35 37 29 19 28 37 17 21 31 29 30
Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days, snow days, sunshine 2009–2020)[3][4]
Light green -Yi. Red -Tibetan

References

  1. Sun, Jiadong.; Liu, Jingnan.; Yang, Yuanxi.; Fan, Shiwei (2012). China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) 2012 Proceedings: The 3rd China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC 2012) Guangzhou, China, May 15-19, 2012, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. p. 306. ISBN 978-3-642-29187-6. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. Wells-Dang, Andrew (4 September 2012). Civil Society Networks in China and Vietnam: Informal Pathbreakers in Health and the Environment. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-230-38020-2. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 April 2023.


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