Jinsha County

Jinsha County

金沙县
Jinsha County 金沙县
County
	Jinsha in Bijie
	Bijie in Guizhou
	Coordinates (Jinsha County government): 27°27′33″N 106°13′13″E / 27.4593°N 106.2202°E
Country	China
Province	Guizhou
Prefecture-level city	Bijie
County seat	Guchang Subdistrict
Area
• Total	2,523.23 km2 (974.22 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	560,575
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

CountryChina

County seatGuchang Subdistrict

Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Jinsha (simplified Chinese: 金沙县; traditional Chinese: 金沙縣; pinyin: Jīnshā Xiàn) is a county in northwestern Guizhou province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north across the Chishui River. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Bijie.

Climate data for Jinsha, elevation 942 m (3,091 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	25.0 (77.0)	32.7 (90.9)	33.6 (92.5)	35.5 (95.9)	37.9 (100.2)	35.1 (95.2)	36.0 (96.8)	36.6 (97.9)	36.7 (98.1)	33.4 (92.1)	28.2 (82.8)	23.6 (74.5)	37.9 (100.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	7.5 (45.5)	10.7 (51.3)	15.6 (60.1)	21.3 (70.3)	24.8 (76.6)	26.8 (80.2)	29.9 (85.8)	30.0 (86.0)	26.0 (78.8)	19.8 (67.6)	15.4 (59.7)	9.5 (49.1)	19.8 (67.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	4.6 (40.3)	7.0 (44.6)	11.1 (52.0)	16.2 (61.2)	19.7 (67.5)	22.4 (72.3)	24.9 (76.8)	24.4 (75.9)	21.0 (69.8)	16.0 (60.8)	11.5 (52.7)	6.4 (43.5)	15.4 (59.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.7 (36.9)	4.5 (40.1)	8.0 (46.4)	12.5 (54.5)	16.1 (61.0)	19.2 (66.6)	21.2 (70.2)	20.5 (68.9)	17.5 (63.5)	13.6 (56.5)	9.0 (48.2)	4.2 (39.6)	12.4 (54.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−4.9 (23.2)	−4.2 (24.4)	−2.8 (27.0)	2.7 (36.9)	5.9 (42.6)	12.1 (53.8)	12.2 (54.0)	13.7 (56.7)	9.0 (48.2)	4.5 (40.1)	−1.7 (28.9)	−5.6 (21.9)	−5.6 (21.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	30.6 (1.20)	24.7 (0.97)	43.9 (1.73)	72.3 (2.85)	124.9 (4.92)	179.4 (7.06)	180.2 (7.09)	119.2 (4.69)	101.4 (3.99)	92.0 (3.62)	36.7 (1.44)	26.6 (1.05)	1,031.9 (40.61)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	17.0	15.3	17.4	16.6	17.1	16.7	13.9	12.2	13.4	17.3	12.8	14.3	184
Average snowy days	4.5	2.2	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1.3	8.4
Average relative humidity (%)	85	83	81	79	78	81	78	77	79	84	84	84	81
Mean monthly sunshine hours	28.9	39.2	66.4	92.9	106.5	93.5	164.9	175.5	115.5	60.7	61.2	38.4	1,043.6
Percentage possible sunshine	9	12	18	24	25	23	39	44	32	17	19	12	23
Source: China Meteorological Administration^[2]^[3]

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