Yu County 盂县 | |
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Coordinates: 38°05′08″N113°24′44″E / 38.0856°N 113.4123°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shanxi |
Prefecture-level city | Yangquan |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Yu County, Shanxi | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 盂縣 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 盂 县 | ||||||||
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Yu County,also known by its Chinese name Yuxian,is a county in the east of Shanxi Province,China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yangquan and occupies its northern majority.
Yu County's name refers to its cup-like shape.
Yu County was settled by the Spring and Autumn period,when it formed an independent kingdom.[ which? ]
Climate data for Yuxian,elevation 953 m (3,127 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) | 15.8 (60.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 27.8 (82.0) | 36.0 (96.8) | 35.9 (96.6) | 40.9 (105.6) | 39.9 (103.8) | 34.7 (94.5) | 35.8 (96.4) | 28.6 (83.5) | 24.3 (75.7) | 15.8 (60.4) | 40.9 (105.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) | 5.2 (41.4) | 11.5 (52.7) | 18.8 (65.8) | 24.5 (76.1) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.6 (83.5) | 27.0 (80.6) | 22.9 (73.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 9.6 (49.3) | 3.3 (37.9) | 16.6 (61.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.2 (22.6) | −2.2 (28.0) | 3.9 (39.0) | 11.3 (52.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 21.1 (70.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 21.0 (69.8) | 16.1 (61.0) | 9.9 (49.8) | 2.7 (36.9) | −3.3 (26.1) | 9.6 (49.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) | −7.7 (18.1) | −2.1 (28.2) | 4.7 (40.5) | 10.5 (50.9) | 15.0 (59.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 16.6 (61.9) | 11.1 (52.0) | 4.4 (39.9) | −2.4 (27.7) | −8.1 (17.4) | 4.1 (39.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −19.8 (−3.6) | −19.3 (−2.7) | −15.3 (4.5) | −6.4 (20.5) | 0.2 (32.4) | 6.8 (44.2) | 10.8 (51.4) | 7.2 (45.0) | 0.0 (32.0) | −7.3 (18.9) | −16.7 (1.9) | −21.0 (−5.8) | −21.0 (−5.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.7 (0.15) | 5.6 (0.22) | 10.5 (0.41) | 27.7 (1.09) | 39.8 (1.57) | 71.7 (2.82) | 133.3 (5.25) | 123.9 (4.88) | 71.4 (2.81) | 33.3 (1.31) | 13.4 (0.53) | 2.8 (0.11) | 537.1 (21.15) |
Average precipitation days (≥0.1 mm) | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 11.4 | 14.0 | 12.3 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 81.3 |
Average snowy days | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 18.8 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 45 | 46 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 58 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 61 | 53 | 46 | 55 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 198.0 | 190.8 | 231.2 | 250.8 | 278.1 | 242.3 | 219.6 | 215.3 | 207.2 | 213.0 | 196.5 | 198.4 | 2,641.2 |
Percent possible sunshine | 65 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 55 | 49 | 52 | 56 | 62 | 66 | 67 | 60 |
Source:China Meteorological Administration [1] [2] |
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The county is served by Yangquan North railway station on the Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan high-speed railway.
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