Dayu (Chinese :大余; pinyin :Dàyú) is a county in the west of the prefecture-level city of Ganzhou, in the southwest of Jiangxi Province, bordering Guangdong Province to the south. It is known for The Capital of Tungsten.
Dayu has an area of 1,367.63 km2 (528.04 sq mi). Total population is 280,000.
The county executive, legislature, judiciary are at Nan'an Town (Nanan) (南安镇), together with the CPC and PSB branches.
Dayu county is divided to 8 towns and 3 townships. [1]
Climate data for Dayu, elevation 216 m (709 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) | 30.9 (87.6) | 32.0 (89.6) | 33.6 (92.5) | 35.6 (96.1) | 36.6 (97.9) | 38.8 (101.8) | 39.7 (103.5) | 37.0 (98.6) | 35.3 (95.5) | 33.8 (92.8) | 28.2 (82.8) | 39.7 (103.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.2 (55.8) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.7 (65.7) | 24.6 (76.3) | 28.5 (83.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.2 (91.8) | 30.5 (86.9) | 26.6 (79.9) | 21.4 (70.5) | 15.6 (60.1) | 24.4 (76.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) | 10.9 (51.6) | 14.1 (57.4) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 26.1 (79.0) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.3 (81.1) | 24.8 (76.6) | 20.5 (68.9) | 15.3 (59.5) | 9.9 (49.8) | 19.0 (66.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.0 (51.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 19.9 (67.8) | 22.7 (72.9) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 21.1 (70.0) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.3 (52.3) | 6.1 (43.0) | 15.4 (59.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −4.6 (23.7) | −3.4 (25.9) | −2.2 (28.0) | 3.6 (38.5) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.8 (65.8) | 18.7 (65.7) | 12.3 (54.1) | 4.2 (39.6) | −0.5 (31.1) | −7.2 (19.0) | −7.2 (19.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 74.6 (2.94) | 91.6 (3.61) | 178.4 (7.02) | 183.3 (7.22) | 240.5 (9.47) | 250.2 (9.85) | 146.2 (5.76) | 170.0 (6.69) | 107.9 (4.25) | 51.3 (2.02) | 64.1 (2.52) | 48.4 (1.91) | 1,606.5 (63.26) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.2 | 13.2 | 18.5 | 17.5 | 18.3 | 18.7 | 14.0 | 15.1 | 10.7 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 161.4 |
Average snowy days | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 79 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 80 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 87.5 | 79.7 | 71.5 | 95.1 | 120.9 | 141.1 | 228.9 | 211.3 | 172.3 | 169.4 | 137.1 | 127.0 | 1,641.8 |
Percentage possible sunshine | 26 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 55 | 53 | 47 | 48 | 42 | 39 | 37 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration [2] [3] |