Zizhong County
资中县 | |
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.png) Location of Zizhong County (red) within Neijiang City (yellow) and Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 29°45′50″N 104°51′07″E / 29.764°N 104.852°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Neijiang |
| County seat | Shuinan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,734 km2 (670 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Zizhong County | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 資中縣 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 资中县 | ||||||
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Zizhong County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Neijiang city.
During the imperial era, the area of Zhizhong County was part of Zi Prefecture.
Zizhong County comprises 22 towns:[1]
| Climate data for Zizhong, elevation 369 m (1,211 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) | 18.7 (65.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
32.6 (90.7) |
34.5 (94.1) |
37.2 (99.0) |
37.4 (99.3) |
39.2 (102.6) |
41.9 (107.4) |
39.4 (102.9) |
31.4 (88.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
41.9 (107.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
13.2 (55.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
29.1 (84.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
11.3 (52.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
13.9 (57.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
17.8 (64.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
16.0 (60.8) |
11.5 (52.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
15.0 (59.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
5.7 (42.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13 (0.5) |
16.6 (0.65) |
34.9 (1.37) |
59 (2.3) |
101.8 (4.01) |
152.8 (6.02) |
184.6 (7.27) |
181.7 (7.15) |
115.4 (4.54) |
60.1 (2.37) |
23.3 (0.92) |
12.8 (0.50) |
956 (37.6) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.9 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 13.9 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 142.9 |
| Average snowy days | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 78 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 38.3 | 53.5 | 100.1 | 136.8 | 132.3 | 111.8 | 154.5 | 164.8 | 92.9 | 59.3 | 55.2 | 34.6 | 1,134.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 12 | 17 | 27 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 36 | 41 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 25 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||