Yajiang County

Nyagqu or Nyachukha County (Tibetan: ཉག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: nyag chu rdzong, ZYPY: Nyagqu Zong, Nyagchukha, Nyagquka) or Yajiang County (Chinese: 雅江县; pinyin: Yǎjiāng Xiàn), named after Nyagchukha in Tibetan, is a county of the traditional Kham Region of eastern Tibet. It is currently under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in the west of Sichuan Province, China.

Nyagchukha County
雅江县 · ཉག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
County
Location of Yajiang County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Location of Yajiang County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°01′55″N 101°00′50″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
Area
 • Total7,558 km2 (2,918 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Climate
Climate data for Yajiang (1981−2010 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 26.6
(79.9)		 28.1
(82.6)		 33.5
(92.3)		 32.6
(90.7)		 35.8
(96.4)		 35.7
(96.3)		 35.4
(95.7)		 35.4
(95.7)		 33.3
(91.9)		 29.6
(85.3)		 26.1
(79.0)		 23.3
(73.9)		 35.8
(96.4)
Average high °C (°F) 13.6
(56.5)		 16.4
(61.5)		 19.2
(66.6)		 21.8
(71.2)		 25.2
(77.4)		 26.3
(79.3)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.1
(79.0)		 23.9
(75.0)		 21.1
(70.0)		 16.3
(61.3)		 12.8
(55.0)		 20.8
(69.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 2.1
(35.8)		 5.8
(42.4)		 9.3
(48.7)		 12.3
(54.1)		 15.6
(60.1)		 17.4
(63.3)		 17.8
(64.0)		 17.4
(63.3)		 15.0
(59.0)		 11.3
(52.3)		 5.6
(42.1)		 1.3
(34.3)		 10.9
(51.6)
Average low °C (°F) −5.5
(22.1)		 −2.5
(27.5)		 1.5
(34.7)		 5.0
(41.0)		 8.7
(47.7)		 11.9
(53.4)		 13.0
(55.4)		 12.6
(54.7)		 10.3
(50.5)		 5.5
(41.9)		 −1.0
(30.2)		 −5.4
(22.3)		 4.5
(40.1)
Record low °C (°F) −13.4
(7.9)		 −9.8
(14.4)		 −6.7
(19.9)		 −1.5
(29.3)		 1.1
(34.0)		 5.1
(41.2)		 6.1
(43.0)		 5.3
(41.5)		 2.4
(36.3)		 −2.4
(27.7)		 −7.6
(18.3)		 −13.9
(7.0)		 −13.9
(7.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.3
(0.01)		 1.6
(0.06)		 11.6
(0.46)		 35.0
(1.38)		 68.5
(2.70)		 165.8
(6.53)		 166.4
(6.55)		 145.7
(5.74)		 136.2
(5.36)		 42.5
(1.67)		 7.8
(0.31)		 1.7
(0.07)		 783.1
(30.84)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 0.8 1.6 5.6 11.2 14.6 22.1 21.5 19.6 18.7 10.0 3.3 1.0 130
Average snowy days 1.7 1.7 1.3 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 1.1 6.7
Average relative humidity (%) 36 34 40 48 54 68 74 73 75 68 56 46 56
Mean monthly sunshine hours 117.6 156.8 176.5 172.2 188.8 161.9 156.5 167.0 154.0 171.0 143.0 86.9 1,852.2
Percent possible sunshine 36 50 47 44 45 39 37 41 42 49 45 28 42
Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days, snow days, sunshine 1991–2020)[1][2]

References
  1. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 13 April 2023.



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