Zuoquan County
County in Shanxi, People's Republic of China
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Zuoquan County (simplified Chinese: 左权县; traditional Chinese: 左權縣; pinyin: Zuǒquán Xiàn) is a county in the east of Shanxi Province of China, bordering Hebei Province to the east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jinzhong.
Zuoquan
左权县 Tsochuan | |
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Zuoquan in Jinzhong | |
.png) Jinzhong in Shanxi | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Jinzhong |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 144,519 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
After Communist general Zuo Quan was killed in action during World War II, the CCP renamed the Liao County in Shanxi Province to Zuoquan County, in his honor.
Climate
| Climate data for Zuoquan, elevation 1,153 m (3,783 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) | 15.5 (59.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
33.5 (92.3) |
35.6 (96.1) |
38.7 (101.7) |
37.3 (99.1) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
24.3 (75.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
38.7 (101.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) |
5.4 (41.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
16.2 (61.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
2.8 (37.0) |
9.9 (49.8) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
14.9 (58.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −13.8 (7.2) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
2.4 (36.3) |
7.8 (46.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
15.2 (59.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
1.8 (35.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.6 (−14.1) |
−24.4 (−11.9) |
−17.6 (0.3) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
6.1 (43.0) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−20.7 (−5.3) |
−28.6 (−19.5) |
−28.6 (−19.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.7 (0.11) |
6.3 (0.25) |
8.8 (0.35) |
26.0 (1.02) |
37.1 (1.46) |
68.6 (2.70) |
149.1 (5.87) |
109.1 (4.30) |
59.0 (2.32) |
32.4 (1.28) |
14.3 (0.56) |
3.3 (0.13) |
516.7 (20.35) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 11.6 | 14.8 | 12.3 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 85.8 |
| Average snowy days | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 22.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 55 | 54 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 63 | 75 | 77 | 74 | 68 | 63 | 57 | 62 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 179.8 | 177.7 | 208.7 | 235.4 | 259.0 | 224.5 | 201.9 | 195.6 | 176.8 | 187.4 | 177.0 | 179.4 | 2,403.2 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 58 | 58 | 56 | 59 | 59 | 51 | 45 | 47 | 48 | 55 | 59 | 60 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
