Huayuan County
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Huayuan County
花垣县 | |
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 Location of Huayuan County within Xiangxi | |
  Huayuan Location of the seat in Hunan | |
| Coordinates: 28°34′20″N 109°28′56″E / 28.5721299965°N 109.4822501209°E[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Xiangxi |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,111.12 km2 (429.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
• Total | 288,082 |
| • Density | 259.272/km2 (671.511/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 4164XX |
Huayuan County (simplified Chinese: 花垣县; traditional Chinese: 花垣縣; pinyin: Huāyuán Xiàn) is a county of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture.
Located on the western margin of the province and the southwestern Xiangxi, it is immediately adjacent to the borders of Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality. The county is bordered to the north and the northeast by Baojing County, to the southeast by Jishou City, to the south by Fenghuang County, and to the west by Songtao County of Guizhou and Xiushan County of Chongqing. Huayuan County covers an area of 1,108.69 km2 (428.07 sq mi), and as of 2015, it had a registered population of 312,800 and a resident population of 300,800.[4] The county has 9 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, and the county seat is Huayuan Town (花垣镇).[5] Xiangxi Biancheng Airport is located in the county.
| Climate data for Huayuan, elevation 341 m (1,119 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) | 23.1 (73.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.2 (97.2) |
36.8 (98.2) |
39.3 (102.7) |
39.3 (102.7) |
38.1 (100.6) |
34.6 (94.3) |
30.1 (86.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
39.3 (102.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.0 (51.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.9 (62.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
16.7 (62.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) |
4.5 (40.1) |
8.1 (46.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
4.3 (39.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
8.2 (46.8) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
14.8 (58.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 44.6 (1.76) |
46.7 (1.84) |
78.9 (3.11) |
129.5 (5.10) |
192.6 (7.58) |
210.9 (8.30) |
211.0 (8.31) |
145.0 (5.71) |
108.6 (4.28) |
109.7 (4.32) |
64.7 (2.55) |
32.1 (1.26) |
1,374.3 (54.12) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.9 | 12.9 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 18.1 | 16.2 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 11.2 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 168.3 |
| Average snowy days | 5.0 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 10.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 81 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 45.2 | 49.9 | 75.4 | 98.4 | 118.1 | 113.4 | 183.1 | 193.3 | 131.6 | 90.7 | 75.6 | 59.3 | 1,234 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 14 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 43 | 48 | 36 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 27 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[6][7] | |||||||||||||
