Weixi Lisu Autonomous County

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Weixi Lisu Autonomous County
Name transcription(s)
   Chinese 维西傈僳族自治县
   Tibetan འབའ་ལུང་ལི་སུའུ་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།
   Lisu ꓪꓰꓲ-ꓫꓲꓸ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓫꓯꓽ
Wei Xi Li Su Zu Zi Zhi Xian Wei Zhi Tu .svg
Location of Weixi County (red) in Diqing Prefecture (pink) within Yunnan
Coordinates: 27°12′58″N99°15′58″E / 27.216°N 99.266°E / 27.216; 99.266
Country China
Province Yunnan
Autonomous prefecture Diqing
County seat Baohe
Area
  Total
4,661 km2 (1,800 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census) [1]
  Total
146,363
  Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code
674600
Area code 0887
Website weixi.diqing.gov.cn

Climate

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 维西傈僳族自治县
Traditional Chinese 維西傈僳族自治縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Wéixī Lìsùzú Zìzhìxiàn
Climate data for Weixi, elevation 2,326 m (7,631 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)23.0
(73.4)
23.2
(73.8)
26.2
(79.2)
28.0
(82.4)
31.1
(88.0)
31.9
(89.4)
30.9
(87.6)
31.1
(88.0)
30.5
(86.9)
27.2
(81.0)
23.1
(73.6)
21.3
(70.3)
31.9
(89.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)12.7
(54.9)
13.7
(56.7)
15.6
(60.1)
18.5
(65.3)
22.1
(71.8)
25.0
(77.0)
24.9
(76.8)
24.7
(76.5)
23.2
(73.8)
20.3
(68.5)
17.1
(62.8)
14.4
(57.9)
19.3
(66.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)4.2
(39.6)
5.8
(42.4)
8.2
(46.8)
11.4
(52.5)
15.3
(59.5)
18.7
(65.7)
18.9
(66.0)
18.4
(65.1)
16.9
(62.4)
12.8
(55.0)
8.1
(46.6)
5.0
(41.0)
12.0
(53.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)−1.6
(29.1)
0.3
(32.5)
3.0
(37.4)
6.4
(43.5)
10.3
(50.5)
14.3
(57.7)
15.3
(59.5)
14.8
(58.6)
13.4
(56.1)
8.3
(46.9)
2.2
(36.0)
−1.3
(29.7)
7.1
(44.8)
Record low °C (°F)−8.0
(17.6)
−6.8
(19.8)
−2.8
(27.0)
−0.1
(31.8)
4.3
(39.7)
8.4
(47.1)
9.5
(49.1)
9.3
(48.7)
2.7
(36.9)
−0.3
(31.5)
−3.3
(26.1)
−8.9
(16.0)
−8.9
(16.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)30.5
(1.20)
59.2
(2.33)
105.1
(4.14)
76.3
(3.00)
66.6
(2.62)
73.9
(2.91)
180.5
(7.11)
168.4
(6.63)
97.6
(3.84)
52.9
(2.08)
17.4
(0.69)
8.2
(0.32)
936.6
(36.87)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)5.87.613.615.013.515.022.021.917.411.03.91.9148.6
Average snowy days4.03.51.60.10000000.20.910.3
Average relative humidity (%)57626769697179807975655569
Mean monthly sunshine hours 212.0181.4173.3160.3159.5138.7122.6125.2115.9167.0212.5229.71,998.1
Percentage possible sunshine 64574642383429313247667146
Source: China Meteorological Administration [3] [4]

Notes

    • Chinese :维西傈僳族自治县; pinyin :Wéixī Lìsùzú Zìzhìxiàn
    • Tibetan: འབའ་ལུང་ལི་སུའུ་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།, ZYPY: Balung Lisurig Ranggyong Zong
    • Lisu: ꓪꓰꓲ-ꓫꓲꓸ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓫꓯꓽ

References

  1. "迪庆州第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Diqing Prefecture. 2021-05-27.
  2. "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration . Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. "Experience Template" 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration . Retrieved 9 April 2023.