Ningwu County
Ningwu County (simplified Chinese: 宁武县; traditional Chinese: 寧武縣; pinyin: Níngwǔ Xiàn) is a county under the administration of Xinzhou in Shanxi province, China.
Ningwu County
宁武县 | |
|---|---|
 Wannian Ice Cave (万年冰洞) | |
 Location in Xinzhou | |
  Ningwu Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 39°00′19″N 112°18′08″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
History
Present-day Ningwu County includes the site of the former seat of Loufan County,[1] now part of Taiyuan Prefecture.
In October 1937, the city was occupied by Japanese forces. 4,800 out of the 7,000 residents of Ningwu were massacred by the Japanese.
Climate
| Climate data for Ningwu (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
33.9 (93.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
36.7 (98.1) |
35.2 (95.4) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.8 (91.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
36.7 (98.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) |
0.6 (33.1) |
6.5 (43.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
23.9 (75.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
12.7 (54.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.8 (16.2) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
0.5 (32.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
7.5 (45.5) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
6.8 (44.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −13.1 (8.4) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
2.7 (36.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
13.9 (57.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
1.8 (35.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.1 (−13.2) |
−24.2 (−11.6) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
1.2 (34.2) |
7.4 (45.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.8 (0.07) |
3.6 (0.14) |
9.9 (0.39) |
18.9 (0.74) |
35.4 (1.39) |
63.1 (2.48) |
101.3 (3.99) |
105.5 (4.15) |
56.5 (2.22) |
23.2 (0.91) |
6.1 (0.24) |
2.1 (0.08) |
427.4 (16.8) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 45 | 42 | 40 | 36 | 40 | 51 | 64 | 69 | 62 | 52 | 45 | 45 | 49 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[2] | |||||||||||||
References
Citations
- Xiong (2009), s.v. "Huiyuan".
- 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.
Bibliography
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
- Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009), Historical Dictionary of Medieval China, Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras, No. 19, Lanham: Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810860537.
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