Hanchuan
汉川市
Hanchwan
County-level city
Hanchuan is located in Hubei
Hanchuan
Hanchuan
Location in Hubei
Coordinates: 30°40′N 113°50′E / 30.667°N 113.833°E / 30.667; 113.833
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Prefecture-level cityXiaogan
Area
 • Urban
[1]
84.60 km2 (32.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[2]
1,015,507
 • Estimate 
(2017)
1,156,000
 • Urban
[1]
376,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.hanchuan.gov.cn

Hanchuan (simplified Chinese: 汉川; traditional Chinese: 漢川; pinyin: Hànchuān) is a county-level city in east-central Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Xiaogan prefecture-level city. The city's urban area is located on the left bank of the Han River a few tens of kilometres upstream from Wuhan. However, the county-level city as an administrative unit also includes some land on the right bank of the river as well. The city has been served by the Hanchuan railway station on the Wuhan–Yichang railway. Hanchuan is a sister city of Martinez, California, United States.

Administrative divisions

Map including Hanchuan (labeled as HAN-CH'UAN (HANCHWAN) 漢川) (1953)

Two subdistricts:[2][3][4][5]

Fourteen towns:

Six townships:

Five other areas:

Climate

Climate data for Hanchuan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 20.5
(68.9) 		28.2
(82.8) 		31.7
(89.1) 		32.7
(90.9) 		35.5
(95.9) 		37.4
(99.3) 		38.5
(101.3) 		38.2
(100.8) 		37.3
(99.1) 		34.0
(93.2) 		29.2
(84.6) 		22.6
(72.7) 		38.5
(101.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 8.1
(46.6) 		11.2
(52.2) 		16.0
(60.8) 		22.4
(72.3) 		27.0
(80.6) 		30.0
(86.0) 		32.6
(90.7) 		32.5
(90.5) 		28.6
(83.5) 		23.1
(73.6) 		16.8
(62.2) 		10.6
(51.1) 		21.6
(70.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 3.9
(39.0) 		6.7
(44.1) 		11.3
(52.3) 		17.5
(63.5) 		22.4
(72.3) 		26.0
(78.8) 		28.8
(83.8) 		28.1
(82.6) 		23.8
(74.8) 		18.1
(64.6) 		11.8
(53.2) 		6.0
(42.8) 		17.0
(62.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 0.9
(33.6) 		3.3
(37.9) 		7.6
(45.7) 		13.4
(56.1) 		18.5
(65.3) 		22.6
(72.7) 		25.6
(78.1) 		24.8
(76.6) 		20.2
(68.4) 		14.3
(57.7) 		8.0
(46.4) 		2.6
(36.7) 		13.5
(56.3)
Record low °C (°F) −13.6
(7.5) 		−9.6
(14.7) 		−2.1
(28.2) 		1.6
(34.9) 		7.5
(45.5) 		12.4
(54.3) 		18.7
(65.7) 		15.9
(60.6) 		10.8
(51.4) 		1.6
(34.9) 		−3.5
(25.7) 		−12.4
(9.7) 		−13.6
(7.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 49.1
(1.93) 		59.1
(2.33) 		88.7
(3.49) 		132.6
(5.22) 		159.0
(6.26) 		196.5
(7.74) 		223.9
(8.81) 		100.6
(3.96) 		71.4
(2.81) 		64.2
(2.53) 		56.0
(2.20) 		28.4
(1.12) 		1,229.5
(48.4)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 9.5 10.1 12.4 11.2 12.4 11.5 10.4 9.2 7.7 9.0 9.4 7.6 120.4
Average snowy days 4.2 2.1 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 1.3 8.8
Average relative humidity (%) 76 76 76 75 76 80 80 80 77 77 77 74 77
Mean monthly sunshine hours 95.8 96.1 126.2 149.3 159.1 149.7 204.0 209.9 160.4 142.2 129.3 116.6 1,738.6
Percent possible sunshine 30 30 34 38 37 35 48 52 44 41 41 37 39
Source: China Meteorological Administration[8][9]

References

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