Taonan
洮南市 | |
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  Taonan Location in Jilin | |
| Coordinates: 45°20′N 122°47′E / 45.333°N 122.783°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Prefecture-level city | Baicheng |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 5,103.0 km2 (1,970.3 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 54.00 km2 (20.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 149 m (489 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • County-level city | 420,000 |
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 115,399 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Taonan (Chinese: 洮南; pinyin: Táonán), formerly Tao'an County (洮安县), is a county-level city of 100,000 in the northwest of Jilin province in Northeast China. It is under the administration of Baicheng prefecture-level city.
There are 6 subdistricts, 5 towns, 14 townships, and 2 ethnic townships.
Subdistricts:
Towns:
Townships:
| Climate data for Taonan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) |
14.5 (58.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
33.1 (91.6) |
39.6 (103.3) |
40.8 (105.4) |
38.7 (101.7) |
37.4 (99.3) |
34.6 (94.3) |
28.9 (84.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
40.8 (105.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
5.6 (42.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −14.8 (5.4) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
6.3 (43.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.8 (−3.6) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
1.9 (35.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
0.7 (33.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34.6 (−30.3) |
−32.1 (−25.8) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
4.2 (39.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.1 (44.8) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−15.3 (4.5) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−31.2 (−24.2) |
−34.6 (−30.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.2 (0.05) |
2.2 (0.09) |
5.0 (0.20) |
15.7 (0.62) |
36.7 (1.44) |
86.9 (3.42) |
96.1 (3.78) |
75.0 (2.95) |
34.3 (1.35) |
13.3 (0.52) |
4.8 (0.19) |
3.4 (0.13) |
374.6 (14.74) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.6 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 7.5 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 68 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 20.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 57 | 47 | 40 | 37 | 44 | 57 | 68 | 70 | 59 | 51 | 54 | 59 | 54 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 198.0 | 214.9 | 261.3 | 258.7 | 278.8 | 272.8 | 264.4 | 264.9 | 256.8 | 230.0 | 185.8 | 177.2 | 2,863.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 70 | 73 | 70 | 64 | 60 | 58 | 57 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 66 | 66 | 65 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||