Dayu County
Dayu (Chinese: 大余; pinyin: Dàyú) is a county in the west of the prefecture-level city of Ganzhou, in the southwest of Jiangxi Province, bordering Guangdong Province to the south. It is known for The Capital of Tungsten.
Statistics
Dayu has an area of 1,367.63 km (528.04 sq mi). Total population is 280,000.
Administration
The county executive, legislature, judiciary are at Nan'an Town (Nanan) (南安镇), together with the CPC and PSB branches.
Dayu county is divided to 8 towns and 3 townships.
- 8 towns
- 3 townships
- Fujiang Township (浮江乡)
- Hedong Township (河洞乡)
- Neiliang Township (内良乡)
Climate
| Climate data for Dayu (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.8 (89.2) |
33.6 (92.5) |
35.6 (96.1) |
36.6 (97.9) |
38.8 (101.8) |
39.7 (103.5) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.3 (95.5) |
33.8 (92.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.2 (55.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.7 (65.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.2 (91.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
24.4 (76.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
19.5 (67.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.9 (49.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
7.5 (45.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.1 (43.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.6 (23.7) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
3.6 (38.5) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 74.6 (2.94) |
91.6 (3.61) |
178.4 (7.02) |
183.3 (7.22) |
240.5 (9.47) |
250.2 (9.85) |
146.2 (5.76) |
170.0 (6.69) |
107.9 (4.25) |
51.3 (2.02) |
64.1 (2.52) |
48.4 (1.91) |
1,606.5 (63.26) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.2 | 13.2 | 18.5 | 17.5 | 18.3 | 18.7 | 14.0 | 15.1 | 10.7 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 161.4 |
| Average snowy days | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 79 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 87.5 | 79.7 | 71.5 | 95.1 | 120.9 | 141.1 | 228.9 | 211.3 | 172.3 | 169.4 | 137.1 | 127.0 | 1,641.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 26 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 55 | 53 | 47 | 48 | 42 | 39 | 37 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||