Pingshun County
Pingshun County (simplified Chinese: 平顺县; traditional Chinese: 平順縣; pinyin: Píngshùn Xiàn) is a county in the southeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering the provinces of Hebei to the northeast and Henan to the east. It is under the administration of Changzhi city.
Climate
| Climate data for Pingshun, elevation 1,089 m (3,573 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) | 16.6 (61.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
33.5 (92.3) |
35.3 (95.5) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.8 (96.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.0 (93.2) |
28.4 (83.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
37.0 (98.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
3.5 (38.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
4.5 (40.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
9.6 (49.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −9.2 (15.4) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
4.4 (40.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.6 (−6.9) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
0.6 (33.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−17.3 (0.9) |
−20.7 (−5.3) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.8 (0.19) |
10.0 (0.39) |
10.4 (0.41) |
33.0 (1.30) |
51.5 (2.03) |
73.6 (2.90) |
143.7 (5.66) |
130.8 (5.15) |
63.5 (2.50) |
34.1 (1.34) |
18.0 (0.71) |
5.0 (0.20) |
578.4 (22.78) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 9.5 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 90.9 |
| Average snowy days | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 22.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 50 | 51 | 47 | 48 | 52 | 61 | 75 | 78 | 73 | 64 | 57 | 51 | 59 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 184.2 | 181.6 | 215.7 | 239.8 | 263.0 | 234.0 | 219.1 | 215.5 | 191.6 | 199.2 | 182.5 | 185.2 | 2,511.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 59 | 59 | 58 | 61 | 60 | 54 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 57 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||