Yuanqu County
County in Shanxi, People's Republic of China
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Yuanqu County is a county in Yuncheng City, in the south of Shanxi province, China, bordering Henan province to the southeast and south. It is the easternmost county-level division of Yuncheng.
Yuanqu County
垣曲县 Yuanku; Yüanku | |
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Location in Yuncheng | |
  Yuanqu Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 35°17′38″N 111°40′24″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Yuncheng |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
| Yuanqu County | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 垣曲縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 垣曲县 | ||||||||
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Climate
| Climate data for Yuanqu, elevation 505 m (1,657 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) | 18.1 (64.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
37.9 (100.2) |
39.6 (103.3) |
40.3 (104.5) |
40.5 (104.9) |
39.4 (102.9) |
38.3 (100.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
26.9 (80.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
40.5 (104.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
8.7 (47.7) |
14.8 (58.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) |
2.8 (37.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
19.9 (67.8) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
7.2 (45.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.4 (24.1) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
2.9 (37.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
8.7 (47.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.2 (6.4) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
3.4 (38.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.4 (56.1) |
11.6 (52.9) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9.4 (0.37) |
12.6 (0.50) |
18.1 (0.71) |
41.7 (1.64) |
53.2 (2.09) |
62.4 (2.46) |
142.2 (5.60) |
105.8 (4.17) |
89.9 (3.54) |
50.6 (1.99) |
23.1 (0.91) |
6.4 (0.25) |
615.4 (24.23) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 84.5 |
| Average snowy days | 4.6 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 15 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 50 | 53 | 54 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 76 | 79 | 76 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 62 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 153 | 147.1 | 176.1 | 203.6 | 220.2 | 205.9 | 174.7 | 169.8 | 147.8 | 156.6 | 155.8 | 159.5 | 2,070.1 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 49 | 47 | 47 | 52 | 51 | 47 | 40 | 41 | 40 | 45 | 51 | 53 | 47 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
