Gucheng County
故城县 Kucheng | |
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| Coordinates: 37°21′N 115°58′E / 37.350°N 115.967°ECoordinates: 37°21′N 115°58′E / 37.350°N 115.967°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture | Hengshui |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 053300 |
Gucheng (Chinese: 故城; pinyin: Gùchéng; lit. 'Old City') is county of Hengshui, Hebei province, China, bordering Dezhou City of Shandong to the east.
Towns:
Gucheng has a cold Semi-arid climate (BSk), featuring very cold, dry winters influenced by the Siberian anticyclone and wet summers due to the effects of the East Asian Monsoon.
| Climate data for Gucheng (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
30.8 (87.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
40.5 (104.9) |
40.7 (105.3) |
41.1 (106.0) |
36.9 (98.4) |
37.5 (99.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
41.1 (106.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) |
7.3 (45.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
21.6 (70.9) |
27.2 (81.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
5.0 (41.0) |
19.4 (66.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) |
0.9 (33.6) |
7.1 (44.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
13.2 (55.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −7.3 (18.9) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
1.7 (35.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
8.9 (48.0) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.1 (−6.0) |
−16.0 (3.2) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
3.4 (38.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−21.0 (−5.8) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.8 (0.11) |
6.1 (0.24) |
11.2 (0.44) |
20.3 (0.80) |
38.9 (1.53) |
54.1 (2.13) |
139.4 (5.49) |
124.9 (4.92) |
42.8 (1.69) |
30.9 (1.22) |
10.7 (0.42) |
4.0 (0.16) |
486.1 (19.15) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61 | 56 | 55 | 55 | 61 | 60 | 77 | 81 | 75 | 68 | 66 | 65 | 65 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[2] | |||||||||||||
