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: 39.2758°N 111.407°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
| Population (2020[1]) | 123,505 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Climate
| Climate data for Hequ (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) |
| Average high °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) |
| Average low °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[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References
- Shānxī: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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