Xiyang County (simplified Chinese: 昔阳县; traditional Chinese: 昔陽縣; pinyin: Xīyáng Xiàn) is a county in the east of Shanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi province to the east. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Jinzhong.
Xiyang
昔阳县 Siyang | |
|---|---|
 Xiyang in Jinzhong | |
.png) Jinzhong in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 37°36′40″N 113°42′25″E / 37.611°N 113.707°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Jinzhong |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Xiyang, elevation 940 m (3,080 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) | 14.1 (57.4) |
18.1 (64.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.6 (94.3) |
39.7 (103.5) |
37.9 (100.2) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.1 (93.4) |
27.5 (81.5) |
21.7 (71.1) |
14.5 (58.1) |
39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
6.1 (43.0) |
12.4 (54.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
29.3 (84.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
4.0 (39.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.9 (23.2) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
10.1 (50.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.4 (13.3) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
18.1 (64.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
4.4 (39.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.7 (−14.3) |
−23.7 (−10.7) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
−25.7 (−14.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.5 (0.14) |
5.9 (0.23) |
10.4 (0.41) |
29.4 (1.16) |
40.6 (1.60) |
63.8 (2.51) |
140.5 (5.53) |
114.5 (4.51) |
63.5 (2.50) |
31.0 (1.22) |
14.6 (0.57) |
3.6 (0.14) |
521.3 (20.52) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 14.0 | 12.2 | 9.0 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 80.5 |
| Average snowy days | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 18 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 49 | 48 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 60 | 74 | 77 | 73 | 65 | 56 | 49 | 58 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 182.9 | 174.3 | 208.2 | 231.0 | 252.1 | 223.9 | 195.2 | 194.9 | 187.0 | 190.5 | 177.7 | 179.6 | 2,397.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 59 | 57 | 56 | 58 | 57 | 51 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 59 | 61 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
See also
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- ^ 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.
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
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