Jianshi County
County in Hubei, People's Republic of China
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Jianshi County (simplified Chinese: 建始县; traditional Chinese: 建始縣; pinyin: Jiànshǐ Xiàn) is a county of southwestern Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.
Jianshi County
建始县 Kienshih, Chien-shih | |
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Suobaya Stone Forest | |
  Jianshi County Location in Hubei | |
| Coordinates: 30°36′N 109°43′E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Autonomous prefecture | Enshi |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,666.55 km2 (1,029.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 411,622 |
| • Density | 154.365/km2 (399.804/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Administrative divisions
Climate
| Climate data for Jianshi, elevation 620 m (2,030 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) | 20.8 (69.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
35.8 (96.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
38.3 (100.9) |
38.3 (100.9) |
32.8 (91.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
38.3 (100.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
27.3 (81.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
10.1 (50.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
16.2 (61.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.1 (43.0) |
15.7 (60.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
15.9 (60.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
13.2 (55.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
3.6 (38.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
7.4 (45.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
10.9 (51.6) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23.8 (0.94) |
39.5 (1.56) |
60.7 (2.39) |
117.6 (4.63) |
173.6 (6.83) |
205.6 (8.09) |
277.8 (10.94) |
189.1 (7.44) |
138.5 (5.45) |
109.0 (4.29) |
60.8 (2.39) |
21.9 (0.86) |
1,417.9 (55.81) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.7 | 10.5 | 12.9 | 14.8 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 155.5 |
| Average snowy days | 4.1 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 79 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 50.1 | 54.7 | 91.0 | 117.2 | 127.1 | 129.0 | 168.8 | 196.4 | 124.6 | 91.5 | 73.9 | 54.9 | 1,279.2 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 16 | 17 | 24 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 39 | 48 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 28 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
