Lingqiu County
County in Shanxi, People's Republic of China
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Lingqiu County is a county under the administration of Datong City, in the northeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering Hebei province to the east.
Lingqiu County
灵丘县 Lingkiu | |
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Jueshan Brick Pagoda (觉山寺) | |
  Lingqiu Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 39°26′33″N 114°14′04″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Datong |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Lingqiu County | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 靈邱縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 灵丘县 | ||||||||
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History
Under the Han, Lingqiu County was part of Dai Prefecture. In 1626, the county suffered a magnitude 7.0 earthquake with the loss of more than 5,200 lives.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Lingqiu, elevation 939 m (3,081 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) | 11.2 (52.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.1 (97.0) |
39.9 (103.8) |
41.5 (106.7) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.3 (93.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
41.5 (106.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) |
3.8 (38.8) |
10.4 (50.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.8 (83.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
0.8 (33.4) |
15.7 (60.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.6 (16.5) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
2.3 (36.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.7 (5.5) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
2.7 (36.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
2.0 (35.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.5 (−15.7) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−21.8 (−7.2) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
4.5 (40.1) |
7.7 (45.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−22.8 (−9.0) |
−26.9 (−16.4) |
−26.9 (−16.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.4 (0.06) |
2.9 (0.11) |
5.9 (0.23) |
16.1 (0.63) |
37.5 (1.48) |
64.3 (2.53) |
104.8 (4.13) |
84.6 (3.33) |
61.8 (2.43) |
22.1 (0.87) |
8.3 (0.33) |
1.5 (0.06) |
411.2 (16.19) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 11.8 | 9.6 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 77.3 |
| Average snowy days | 2.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 17.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 49 | 45 | 43 | 43 | 48 | 59 | 72 | 76 | 72 | 62 | 56 | 52 | 56 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 189.8 | 189.8 | 234.7 | 242.6 | 265.0 | 230.1 | 211.0 | 211.7 | 205.9 | 210.3 | 187.4 | 185.3 | 2,563.6 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 63 | 62 | 63 | 61 | 59 | 52 | 47 | 50 | 56 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 59 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
