Lingqiu County
Lingqiu County is a county under the administration of Datong City, in the northeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering Hebei province to the east.
Lingqiu County
灵丘县 Lingkiu | |
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 Jueshan Brick Pagoda (觉山寺) | |
  Lingqiu Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 39°26′33″N 114°14′04″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Datong |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Lingqiu County | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 靈邱縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 灵丘县 | ||||||||
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History
Under the Han, Lingqiu County was part of Dai Prefecture. In 1626, the county suffered a magnitude 7.0 earthquake with the loss of more than 5,200 lives.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Lingqiu (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.1 (97.0) |
39.9 (103.8) |
41.5 (106.7) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.3 (93.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
41.5 (106.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
17.7 (63.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.4 (83.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
0.8 (33.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.1 (15.6) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
1.4 (34.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −15.4 (4.3) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
2.1 (35.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
13.9 (57.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.1 (48.4) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
1.4 (34.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.5 (−15.7) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−21.8 (−7.2) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
4.5 (40.1) |
7.7 (45.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−22.8 (−9.0) |
−26.9 (−16.4) |
−26.9 (−16.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.3 (0.05) |
2.3 (0.09) |
8.1 (0.32) |
14.7 (0.58) |
41.5 (1.63) |
63.9 (2.52) |
105.8 (4.17) |
92.3 (3.63) |
56.5 (2.22) |
19.2 (0.76) |
6.4 (0.25) |
1.4 (0.06) |
413.4 (16.28) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 49 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 50 | 60 | 73 | 77 | 72 | 62 | 54 | 51 | 57 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- National Geophysical Data Center. "Significant Earthquake Information". Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- 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.
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
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