Xiao County or Xiaoxian (simplified Chinese :萧县; traditional Chinese :蕭縣; pinyin :Xiāo Xiàn) is a county in the north of Anhui Province, China, bordering the provinces of Jiangsu to the north and northeast and Henan to the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suzhou. It was formerly part of Jiangsu province, under the administration of Xuzhou. It became part of Anhui province in 1950.
In the present, Xiao County has 18 towns and 5 townships. [1]
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Climate data for Xiaoxian, elevation 35 m (115 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) | 17.6 (63.7) | 26.0 (78.8) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.9 (89.4) | 38.0 (100.4) | 39.4 (102.9) | 40.5 (104.9) | 38.1 (100.6) | 36.6 (97.9) | 34.6 (94.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 21.4 (70.5) | 40.5 (104.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 9.3 (48.7) | 14.8 (58.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 26.6 (79.9) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.8 (89.2) | 30.8 (87.4) | 27.3 (81.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 14.6 (58.3) | 7.9 (46.2) | 20.3 (68.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) | 3.7 (38.7) | 9.0 (48.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 20.7 (69.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.3 (79.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 8.7 (47.7) | 2.5 (36.5) | 14.8 (58.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.3 (26.1) | −0.7 (30.7) | 3.8 (38.8) | 9.5 (49.1) | 15.1 (59.2) | 20.2 (68.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 22.9 (73.2) | 17.6 (63.7) | 11.1 (52.0) | 4.1 (39.4) | −1.6 (29.1) | 10.2 (50.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −13.7 (7.3) | −17.5 (0.5) | −8.8 (16.2) | −1.9 (28.6) | 3.1 (37.6) | 11.6 (52.9) | 16.3 (61.3) | 13.7 (56.7) | 5.9 (42.6) | −1.7 (28.9) | −8.6 (16.5) | −15.9 (3.4) | −17.5 (0.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 17.2 (0.68) | 20.9 (0.82) | 33.0 (1.30) | 40.1 (1.58) | 67.2 (2.65) | 112.8 (4.44) | 233.0 (9.17) | 158.5 (6.24) | 66.3 (2.61) | 38.9 (1.53) | 34.7 (1.37) | 17.6 (0.69) | 840.2 (33.08) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.3 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 13.0 | 11.3 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 85.7 |
Average snowy days | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 9 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 67 | 65 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 81 | 83 | 79 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 72 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 137.0 | 141.9 | 184.0 | 209.2 | 219.4 | 205.8 | 197.2 | 188.8 | 178.9 | 176.6 | 151.8 | 145.0 | 2,135.6 |
Percentage possible sunshine | 43 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 46 | 49 | 51 | 49 | 47 | 48 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration [2] [3] |