Hequ County
Hequ (Chinese: 河曲; pinyin: Héqǔ) is a county in the northwest of Shanxi province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west and Inner Mongolia to the northwest.
It is under the administration of Xinzhou city.
Hequ County 河曲县 Hokü | |
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 Location in Xinzhou | |
  Hequ Location in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 39°16′33″N 111°24′25″E / 39.2758°N 111.407°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
| Population (2020) | 123,505 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Climate
| Climate data for Hequ, elevation 862 m (2,828 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) | 9.9 (49.8) | 20.1 (68.2) | 28.0 (82.4) | 37.0 (98.6) | 36.8 (98.2) | 42.2 (108.0) | 40.9 (105.6) | 37.0 (98.6) | 36.4 (97.5) | 29.7 (85.5) | 22.0 (71.6) | 14.6 (58.3) | 42.2 (108.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) | 4.5 (40.1) | 11.9 (53.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 26.2 (79.2) | 30.3 (86.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 29.0 (84.2) | 24.3 (75.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 8.4 (47.1) | 0.4 (32.7) | 16.9 (62.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) | −4.6 (23.7) | 3.2 (37.8) | 11.6 (52.9) | 18.1 (64.6) | 22.7 (72.9) | 24.0 (75.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 16.0 (60.8) | 8.6 (47.5) | 0.0 (32.0) | −7.9 (17.8) | 8.5 (47.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.4 (0.7) | −11.5 (11.3) | −4.2 (24.4) | 3.1 (37.6) | 9.6 (49.3) | 14.7 (58.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 15.4 (59.7) | 9.2 (48.6) | 1.7 (35.1) | −6.1 (21.0) | −14.0 (6.8) | 1.5 (34.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −32.8 (−27.0) | −25.6 (−14.1) | −21.6 (−6.9) | −8.7 (16.3) | −3.4 (25.9) | 3.2 (37.8) | 8.1 (46.6) | 5.5 (41.9) | −3.6 (25.5) | −10.5 (13.1) | −21.9 (−7.4) | −29.4 (−20.9) | −32.8 (−27.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.8 (0.11) | 3.0 (0.12) | 8.5 (0.33) | 16.0 (0.63) | 35.5 (1.40) | 48.2 (1.90) | 100.9 (3.97) | 90.4 (3.56) | 49.7 (1.96) | 22.3 (0.88) | 8.2 (0.32) | 1.9 (0.07) | 387.4 (15.25) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 71 |
| Average snowy days | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 15 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61 | 54 | 46 | 41 | 43 | 51 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 62 | 60 | 58 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 145.5 | 163.5 | 207.9 | 232.7 | 260.8 | 249.4 | 240.7 | 229.0 | 206.4 | 205.6 | 168.6 | 142.8 | 2,452.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 48 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 60 | 57 | 49 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
References
External links
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
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