Pianguan County
Pianguan County (simplified Chinese: 偏关县; traditional Chinese: 偏關縣; pinyin: Piānguān Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is under the administration of Xinzhou city, and is its northernmost county-level division.
Climate
| Climate data for Pianguan, elevation 1,052 m (3,451 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) | 9.7 (49.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
27.5 (81.5) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.2 (95.4) |
41.0 (105.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
36.4 (97.5) |
35.4 (95.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
3.4 (38.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
24.9 (76.8) |
29.2 (84.6) |
30.7 (87.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
23.3 (73.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
7.4 (45.3) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.9 (14.2) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.6 (3.9) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
10.1 (50.2) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
2.1 (35.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −29.5 (−21.1) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
−20.7 (−5.3) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
8.7 (47.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−28.5 (−19.3) |
−29.5 (−21.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.5 (0.14) |
5.0 (0.20) |
9.0 (0.35) |
21.8 (0.86) |
39.0 (1.54) |
49.8 (1.96) |
105.9 (4.17) |
99.0 (3.90) |
54.4 (2.14) |
27.9 (1.10) |
11.1 (0.44) |
3.1 (0.12) |
429.5 (16.92) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 77.9 |
| Average snowy days | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 18.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 55 | 50 | 41 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 59 | 65 | 63 | 59 | 57 | 55 | 52 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 175.0 | 182.1 | 218.1 | 244.4 | 271.2 | 252.0 | 245.0 | 233.3 | 207.1 | 209.8 | 175.5 | 168.2 | 2,581.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 58 | 60 | 58 | 61 | 61 | 56 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 61 | 59 | 58 | 58 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||