Huanghua
Huanghua (simplified Chinese: 黄骅; traditional Chinese: 黃驊; pinyin: Huánghuá) is a county-level city located in the Bohai Gulf coastal region of Hebei province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Cangzhou.
Huanghua
黄骅市 | |
|---|---|
 Huanghua in Cangzhou | |
  Huanghua Location of the city center in Hebei | |
| Coordinates: 38°22′19″N 117°19′48″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Cangzhou |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 2,202.0 km2 (850.2 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 200.00 km2 (77.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • County-level city | 662,000 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 200,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | huanghua |
Huanghua is named after Chinese Communist revolutionary Huang Hua. Previously it was known as Xinqing County (Chinese: 新青县). It has a total area of 1,544 km2 (596 sq mi), with a coastline of 65.8 km (40.9 mi). The total administrative population is 419,700 in the entire county, with 120,000 people living in the urban area of 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi).
Huanghua has a seaport, Huanghua Port. It is a stop on the Jinshan Expressway that connects Tianjin with Shantou, Guangdong.
Administrative divisions
[2] Subdistricts:
- Huazhong Subdistrict (骅中街道), Huadong Subdistrict (骅东街道), Huaxi Subdistrict (骅西街道)
Towns:
- Huanghua Town (黄骅镇), Nanpaihe (南排河镇), Jiucheng (旧城镇), Lüqiao (吕桥镇)
Townships:
- Guanzhuang Township (官庄乡), Changguo Township (常郭乡), Qijiawu Township (齐家务乡), Tengzhuangzi Township (滕庄子乡), Yang'erzhuang Hui Ethnic Township (羊二庄回族乡), Xincun Hui Ethnic Township (新村回族乡), Yangsanmu Hui Ethnic Township (羊三木回族乡)
Climate
Huanghua has a four-season, monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa), with cold, dry winters, and hot, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −3.3 °C (26.1 °F) to 26.9 °C (80.4 °F), while the annual mean is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F). Close to 60% of the annual rainfall of 545 mm (21.5 in) occurs in July and August alone.
| Climate data for Huanghua (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
33.5 (92.3) |
38.0 (100.4) |
41.6 (106.9) |
41.8 (107.2) |
37.3 (99.1) |
36.2 (97.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
41.8 (107.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
6.2 (43.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.5 (86.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
20.2 (68.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
18.8 (65.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) |
0.5 (32.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
13.3 (56.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −6.8 (19.8) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
8.9 (48.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
17.2 (63.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
8.8 (47.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.4 (0.7) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
10.4 (50.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
6.1 (43.0) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.9 (0.11) |
7.3 (0.29) |
7.8 (0.31) |
22.6 (0.89) |
41.5 (1.63) |
81.9 (3.22) |
166.3 (6.55) |
143.8 (5.66) |
39.6 (1.56) |
34.2 (1.35) |
14.3 (0.56) |
3.3 (0.13) |
565.5 (22.26) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 8.4 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 64 |
| Average snowy days | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 59 | 56 | 51 | 52 | 55 | 61 | 74 | 77 | 68 | 63 | 64 | 61 | 62 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 172.3 | 174.5 | 232.1 | 243.9 | 272.1 | 235.8 | 204.2 | 204.7 | 213.1 | 202.2 | 167.3 | 163.2 | 2,485.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 56 | 57 | 62 | 61 | 61 | 53 | 46 | 49 | 58 | 59 | 56 | 55 | 56 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[5] | |||||||||||||
References
- Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- 保定市-行政区划网. XZQH.
- 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.
- 黄骅 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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