Hequ County
County in Shanxi, People's Republic of China
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Hequ (Chinese: 河曲; pinyin: Héqǔ) is a county in the northwest of Shanxi province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west and Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is under the administration of Xinzhou city.
Hequ County
河曲县 Hokü | |
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 Location in Xinzhou | |
  Hequ Location in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 39.2758°N 111.407°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 123,505 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Climate
| Climate data for Hequ, elevation 862 m (2,828 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) | 9.9 (49.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
37.0 (98.6) |
36.8 (98.2) |
42.2 (108.0) |
40.9 (105.6) |
37.0 (98.6) |
36.4 (97.5) |
29.7 (85.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
42.2 (108.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
29.0 (84.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
0.4 (32.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
3.2 (37.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
8.5 (47.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.4 (0.7) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
3.1 (37.6) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
1.5 (34.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −32.8 (−27.0) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−21.9 (−7.4) |
−29.4 (−20.9) |
−32.8 (−27.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.8 (0.11) |
3.0 (0.12) |
8.5 (0.33) |
16.0 (0.63) |
35.5 (1.40) |
48.2 (1.90) |
100.9 (3.97) |
90.4 (3.56) |
49.7 (1.96) |
22.3 (0.88) |
8.2 (0.32) |
1.9 (0.07) |
387.4 (15.25) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 71 |
| Average snowy days | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 15 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61 | 54 | 46 | 41 | 43 | 51 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 62 | 60 | 58 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 145.5 | 163.5 | 207.9 | 232.7 | 260.8 | 249.4 | 240.7 | 229.0 | 206.4 | 205.6 | 168.6 | 142.8 | 2,452.9 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 48 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 60 | 57 | 49 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
