Wuzhai County
| Wuzhai County 五寨县 |
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 Wuzhai County
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 036200 |
Wuzhai (Chinese: 五寨; pinyin: Wǔzhài; literally: "five villages") is a county of northwestern Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Xinzhou City.
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 −12.8 °C (9.0 °F) in January to 19.9 °C (67.8 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 5.04 °C (41.1 °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 County (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) |
18.6 (65.5) |
21.1 (70) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.2 (93.6) |
32.4 (90.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
34.2 (93.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −3.3 (26.1) |
0.2 (32.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
13.9 (57) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
13.0 (55.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.8 (9) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
7.2 (45) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.1 (64.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−2.8 (27) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
5.0 (41) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −19.6 (−3.3) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−8 (18) |
−1 (30) |
5.6 (42.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.2 (55.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−2.0 (28.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −36.6 (−33.9) |
−33.7 (−28.7) |
−25.3 (−13.5) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
4.1 (39.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−6.1 (21) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−28.6 (−19.5) |
−33.4 (−28.1) |
−36.6 (−33.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.1 (0.122) |
4.6 (0.181) |
11.4 (0.449) |
22.1 (0.87) |
36.0 (1.417) |
69.2 (2.724) |
109.6 (4.315) |
97.5 (3.839) |
59.8 (2.354) |
27.0 (1.063) |
10.2 (0.402) |
3.4 (0.134) |
453.9 (17.87) |
| 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 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
References
- www.xzqh.org (Chinese)
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