Song County
County in Henan, People's Republic of China
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Song County or Songxian (Chinese: 嵩县; pinyin: Sōng Xiàn) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Luoyang, in the west of Henan Province, China. It contains the southernmost point of Luoyang's administrative area. It was the first capital of China during the Xia dynasty.[citation needed]
Song County
嵩县 | |
|---|---|
Song County in Luoyang | |
 Luoyang in Henan | |
| Coordinates: 34°08′04″N 112°05′08″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Prefecture-level city | Luoyang |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,009 km2 (1,162 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
• Total | 521,400 |
| • Density | 173.3/km2 (448.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 471400 |
Administrative divisions
Climate
| Climate data for Songxian, elevation 326 m (1,070 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) | 21.1 (70.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
37.9 (100.2) |
40.4 (104.7) |
41.5 (106.7) |
41.1 (106.0) |
40.8 (105.4) |
40.1 (104.2) |
33.7 (92.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
41.5 (106.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
4.3 (39.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
16.4 (61.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.4 (77.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
15.5 (59.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
5.7 (42.3) |
11.3 (52.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
7.8 (46.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11.4 (0.45) |
17.3 (0.68) |
29.7 (1.17) |
34.8 (1.37) |
67.4 (2.65) |
72.4 (2.85) |
137.4 (5.41) |
121.7 (4.79) |
90.5 (3.56) |
43.4 (1.71) |
33.4 (1.31) |
10.2 (0.40) |
669.6 (26.35) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.6 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 93.6 |
| Average snowy days | 4.8 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 16 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 58 | 60 | 59 | 57 | 60 | 62 | 74 | 77 | 74 | 68 | 63 | 59 | 64 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 154.8 | 145.2 | 176.5 | 211.0 | 215.3 | 214.1 | 191.4 | 180.5 | 158.2 | 164.1 | 155.6 | 152.0 | 2,118.7 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 49 | 47 | 47 | 54 | 50 | 50 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 48 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
