Wuzhai County
Wuzhai (Chinese: 五寨; pinyin: Wǔzhài; lit. 'five villages') is a county of northwestern Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Xinzhou City.
Wuzhai County
五寨县 | |
|---|---|
 Wuzhai in Xinzhou | |
.png.webp) Xinzhou in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 38°54′39″N 111°50′49″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 036200 |
Climate
Wuzhai has a monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with cold and very dry winters, and warm, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −12.2 °C (10.0 °F) in January to 20.2 °C (68.4 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 5.4 °C (41.7 °F). June thru September accounts for nearly three-fourths of the 454 millimetres (17.9 in) of annual precipitation. Due to the high elevation and dry climate, the diurnal temperature variation averages 15 °C (27 °F) annually.
| Climate data for Wuzhai (1981−2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
25.3 (77.5) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
36.7 (98.1) |
35.7 (96.3) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
20.9 (69.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
36.7 (98.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
7.3 (45.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
13.3 (56.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.2 (10.0) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
6.0 (42.8) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −19.0 (−2.2) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
10.7 (51.3) |
13.3 (55.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
6.1 (43.0) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−16.3 (2.7) |
−1.6 (29.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −32.7 (−26.9) |
−30.8 (−23.4) |
−28.1 (−18.6) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
4.1 (39.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−28.6 (−19.5) |
−35.4 (−31.7) |
−35.4 (−31.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.1 (0.12) |
5.1 (0.20) |
12.0 (0.47) |
23.5 (0.93) |
38.4 (1.51) |
63.5 (2.50) |
103.4 (4.07) |
106.6 (4.20) |
61.1 (2.41) |
30.4 (1.20) |
9.8 (0.39) |
3.7 (0.15) |
460.6 (18.15) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.2 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 11.8 | 14.7 | 13.3 | 10.2 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 92.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 59 | 54 | 50 | 43 | 44 | 53 | 68 | 74 | 68 | 64 | 59 | 59 | 58 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Data Service Center[1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China (precipitation days 1971–2000)[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- 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.
- 五寨 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
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