Linxi County, Inner Mongolia
Linxi County (Mongolian: ᠯᠢᠨᠰᠢ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ Linsi siyan; simplified Chinese: 林西县; traditional Chinese: 林西縣; pinyin: Línxī Xiàn) is a county of eastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Chifeng City, 165 kilometres (103 mi) to the south-southeast.
Linxi County
林西县 • ᠯᠢᠨᠰᠢᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ Lin-hsi | |
|---|---|
  Linxi Location in Inner Mongolia | |
| Coordinates: 43°37′N 118°04′E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Inner Mongolia |
| Prefecture-level city | Chifeng |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,621 km2 (1,398 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 805 m (2,641 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 186,663 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Climate
Linxi County has a dry, monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with very cold and dry winters, hot, somewhat humid summers, and strong winds, especially in spring. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −13.6 °C (7.5 °F) in January to 21.6 °C (70.9 °F) in July, with the annual mean at 5.17 °C (41.3 °F). The annual precipitation is about 370 millimetres (14.6 in), with more than half of it falling in July and August alone. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 54% in July to 74% in February, sunshine is abundant year-round, there are 2,949 hours of bright sunshine annually.
| Climate data for Linxi County, Inner Mongolia (1981−2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
36.2 (97.2) |
38.9 (102.0) |
40.4 (104.7) |
37.1 (98.8) |
35.0 (95.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
40.4 (104.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −7.2 (19.0) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
13.2 (55.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
6.1 (43.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
5.2 (41.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −18.8 (−1.8) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
0.4 (32.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
13.9 (57.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −31.3 (−24.3) |
−29.1 (−20.4) |
−27.2 (−17.0) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
2.5 (36.5) |
6.7 (44.1) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−25.3 (−13.5) |
−29.6 (−21.3) |
−31.3 (−24.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.0 (0.04) |
1.6 (0.06) |
6.7 (0.26) |
10.0 (0.39) |
26.8 (1.06) |
74.4 (2.93) |
108.1 (4.26) |
84.0 (3.31) |
37.1 (1.46) |
14.5 (0.57) |
4.0 (0.16) |
1.3 (0.05) |
369.5 (14.55) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 12.5 | 15.4 | 11.7 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 73.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 48 | 43 | 41 | 36 | 39 | 54 | 67 | 66 | 56 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 210.1 | 218.0 | 267.6 | 272.3 | 291.0 | 272.7 | 250.9 | 261.6 | 255.4 | 246.7 | 208.3 | 194.8 | 2,949.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 73 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 64 | 59 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 67 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days and sunshine 1971–2000)[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
- Inner Mongolia: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- 中国气象数据网 - WeatherBk Data (in Chinese (China)). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）. China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
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