Tianzhen County
County in Shanxi, People's Republic of China
Tianzhen County 40°25′12″N 114°05′28″E / 40.420°N 114.091°E / 40.420; 114.091 | |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Datong |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Tianzhen County (simplified Chinese: 天镇县; traditional Chinese: 天鎮縣; pinyin: Tiānzhèn Xiàn) is a county of Shanxi province, China, bordering Hebei province to the northeast, east and south and Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is under the administration of Datong City and is the northernmost county-level division of the province.
History
Climate
| Climate data for Tianzhen, elevation 1,015 m (3,330 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) | 18.1 (64.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 32.1 (89.8) | 36.2 (97.2) | 38.1 (100.6) | 38.1 (100.6) | 35.5 (95.9) | 34.7 (94.5) | 28.1 (82.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 14.3 (57.7) | 38.1 (100.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) | 2.0 (35.6) | 9.1 (48.4) | 17.4 (63.3) | 23.8 (74.8) | 27.6 (81.7) | 28.7 (83.7) | 27.2 (81.0) | 22.7 (72.9) | 15.4 (59.7) | 6.1 (43.0) | −1.3 (29.7) | 14.7 (58.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.4 (13.3) | −5.8 (21.6) | 1.5 (34.7) | 9.7 (49.5) | 16.5 (61.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 15.1 (59.2) | 7.8 (46.0) | −1.1 (30.0) | −8.2 (17.2) | 7.4 (45.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.8 (1.8) | −12.4 (9.7) | −5.3 (22.5) | 2.0 (35.6) | 8.8 (47.8) | 13.7 (56.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 14.5 (58.1) | 8.3 (46.9) | 1.3 (34.3) | −6.8 (19.8) | −14.1 (6.6) | 0.8 (33.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.4 (−35.3) | −28.3 (−18.9) | −21.0 (−5.8) | −10.0 (14.0) | −4.8 (23.4) | 0.3 (32.5) | 6.8 (44.2) | 3.3 (37.9) | −2.3 (27.9) | −10.9 (12.4) | −27.7 (−17.9) | −32.2 (−26.0) | −37.4 (−35.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.4 (0.06) | 2.8 (0.11) | 7.4 (0.29) | 17.9 (0.70) | 35.7 (1.41) | 62.7 (2.47) | 105.0 (4.13) | 77.0 (3.03) | 53.9 (2.12) | 21.8 (0.86) | 7.7 (0.30) | 1.5 (0.06) | 394.8 (15.54) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 7.2 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 9.2 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 74.5 |
| Average snowy days | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 17.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 46 | 41 | 37 | 40 | 53 | 67 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 54 | 51 | 53 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 199.8 | 202.6 | 240.3 | 253.4 | 274.6 | 250.7 | 248.8 | 243.6 | 223.7 | 223.4 | 192.8 | 189.1 | 2,742.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 67 | 67 | 64 | 63 | 61 | 56 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 62 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
External links
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Look up Tianzhen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Official website (in Chinese)
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