Xunke County

Xunke County (simplified Chinese: 逊克县; traditional Chinese: 遜克縣; pinyin: Xùnkè Xiàn) is a county of northern Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, bordering Russia's Amur Oblast to the north across the Amur River. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Heihe.

Xunke County
逊克县
Xunke in Heihe
Xunke in Heihe
Heihe in Heilongjiang
Heihe in Heilongjiang
Coordinates: 49°33′50″N 128°28′44″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHeilongjiang
Prefecture-level cityHeihe
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Administrative divisions

Xunke County is divided into 1 subdistrict, 3 towns and 6 townships.[1]

1 subdistrict
  • Qike (奇克街道)
3 towns
  • Qike (奇克镇), Xunhe (逊河镇), Kelin (克林镇)
6 townships
  • Ganchazi (干岔子乡), Songshugou (松树沟乡), Chelu (车陆乡), Xin'e (新鄂乡), Xinxing (新兴乡), Baoshan (宝山乡)

Demographics

Qike (labelled as Ch'i-k'o 奇克) (1951)

The population of the district was 99,740 in 1999.[2]

Climate

Climate data for Xunke (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −4.2
(24.4)
2.9
(37.2)
14.4
(57.9)
28.6
(83.5)
34.3
(93.7)
39.0
(102.2)
36.6
(97.9)
33.2
(91.8)
32.2
(90.0)
28.0
(82.4)
12.2
(54.0)
0.2
(32.4)
39.0
(102.2)
Average high °C (°F) −17.1
(1.2)
−11.1
(12.0)
−1.2
(29.8)
10.9
(51.6)
19.9
(67.8)
25.2
(77.4)
27.4
(81.3)
25.2
(77.4)
19.5
(67.1)
9.3
(48.7)
−4.9
(23.2)
−16.0
(3.2)
7.3
(45.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) −22.7
(−8.9)
−17.8
(0.0)
−7.5
(18.5)
4.8
(40.6)
13.3
(55.9)
19.3
(66.7)
22.0
(71.6)
19.7
(67.5)
13.1
(55.6)
3.5
(38.3)
−10
(14)
−20.9
(−5.6)
1.4
(34.5)
Average low °C (°F) −27.9
(−18.2)
−24.1
(−11.4)
−13.9
(7.0)
−1.2
(29.8)
6.6
(43.9)
13.4
(56.1)
17.0
(62.6)
14.9
(58.8)
7.4
(45.3)
−1.6
(29.1)
−14.7
(5.5)
−25.6
(−14.1)
−4.1
(24.5)
Record low °C (°F) −40.6
(−41.1)
−40.5
(−40.9)
−30.0
(−22.0)
−14.4
(6.1)
−4.6
(23.7)
2.6
(36.7)
8.3
(46.9)
3.5
(38.3)
−5.3
(22.5)
−17.8
(0.0)
−35.3
(−31.5)
−41.4
(−42.5)
−41.4
(−42.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 6.4
(0.25)
5.5
(0.22)
11.0
(0.43)
21.3
(0.84)
48.9
(1.93)
76.6
(3.02)
136.4
(5.37)
100.4
(3.95)
55.4
(2.18)
30.2
(1.19)
13.0
(0.51)
10.7
(0.42)
515.8
(20.31)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 8.1 4.8 5.2 7.5 11.1 12.9 14.6 14.1 10.8 8.3 8.0 9.2 114.6
Average snowy days 10.5 7.4 7.0 4.2 0.3 0 0 0 0.1 4.7 9.9 12.0 56.1
Average relative humidity (%) 72 68 63 54 55 68 77 79 71 63 69 72 68
Mean monthly sunshine hours 173.5 206.8 250.2 233.8 241.9 241.4 226.3 211.8 203.7 178.7 160.5 149.5 2,478.1
Percent possible sunshine 64 72 67 56 51 50 47 48 55 54 60 59 57
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]

Notes and references

  1. "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  2. (in English) National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
  3. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.