Danling County
County in Sichuan, China
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Danling County[1][2][3][4] (Chinese: 丹棱县; pinyin: Dānlíng Xiàn) is a county of central Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Meishan City, with the seat located 33 kilometres (21 mi) west of downtown Meishan and 48 km (30 mi) east of Ya'an. Danling, originally known as Qile Prefecture, was named after the gliding bird-shaped red edge of the Chiya Mountain (赤崖山) in the north of the Prefecture.
Danling County
丹棱县 | |
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  Danling Location in Sichuan  Danling Danling (China) | |
| Coordinates: 30°01′N 103°31′E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Meishan |
| County seat | Qile (齐乐镇) |
| Area | |
• Total | 449 km2 (173 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 489 m (1,604 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 148,820 |
| • Density | 331/km2 (858/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | http://www.scdl.gov.cn/ |
Administrative divisions
Danling County comprises 4 towns and 1 township:[5]
- towns
- Renmei 仁美镇
- Yangchang 杨场镇
- Zhangchang 张场镇
- Qile 齐乐镇
- township
- Shunlong 顺龙乡
Climate
| Climate data for Danling, elevation 496 m (1,627 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
35.1 (95.2) |
37.5 (99.5) |
36.9 (98.4) |
38.3 (100.9) |
35.2 (95.4) |
29.6 (85.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
38.3 (100.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
22.8 (73.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.2 (86.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
20.9 (69.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
7.9 (46.2) |
16.9 (62.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
5.7 (42.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.4 (25.9) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
0.2 (32.4) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
12.8 (55.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13.6 (0.54) |
18.8 (0.74) |
34.4 (1.35) |
63.8 (2.51) |
94.4 (3.72) |
126.4 (4.98) |
252.1 (9.93) |
275.1 (10.83) |
119.6 (4.71) |
57.0 (2.24) |
24.6 (0.97) |
10.9 (0.43) |
1,090.7 (42.95) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.9 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 165 |
| Average snowy days | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 81 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 82 | 83 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 32.9 | 45.9 | 78.6 | 105.3 | 112.7 | 105.3 | 111.9 | 125.8 | 68.9 | 43.9 | 49.8 | 35.8 | 916.8 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 10 | 15 | 21 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 20 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[6][7] all-time January high[8] | |||||||||||||
