Pingding County
Pingding County (Chinese: 平定县; pinyin: Píngdìng Xiàn) is a county in the east of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei to the east. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Yangquan, occupying its southeast corner.
Climate
| Climate data for Pingding, elevation 753 m (2,470 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) | 15.7 (60.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
29.9 (85.8) |
37.2 (99.0) |
39.3 (102.7) |
41.7 (107.1) |
41.2 (106.2) |
36.8 (98.2) |
37.4 (99.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
41.7 (107.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
20.6 (69.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.2 (82.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
10.9 (51.6) |
4.3 (39.7) |
17.9 (64.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
5.8 (42.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
11.2 (52.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.6 (16.5) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
6.8 (44.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
19.3 (66.7) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
5.9 (42.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.7 (0.1) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
2.8 (37.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
−17.2 (1.0) |
−17.7 (0.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.2 (0.13) |
4.9 (0.19) |
9.3 (0.37) |
28.4 (1.12) |
37.3 (1.47) |
60.0 (2.36) |
142.7 (5.62) |
120.8 (4.76) |
63.0 (2.48) |
30.3 (1.19) |
14.8 (0.58) |
3.1 (0.12) |
517.8 (20.39) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 11.0 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 80.1 |
| Average snowy days | 3.9 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 18.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 47 | 47 | 43 | 43 | 46 | 56 | 71 | 75 | 69 | 60 | 52 | 46 | 55 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 184.3 | 183.8 | 225.5 | 245.4 | 274.9 | 244.1 | 218.2 | 218.3 | 205.9 | 205.7 | 190.7 | 185.3 | 2,582.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 60 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 62 | 55 | 49 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 63 | 63 | 59 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||