Lingchuan County
陵川县 Lingchwan | |
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  Lingchuan Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 35°40′N 113°19′E / 35.67°N 113.31°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Jincheng |
| Population (2020[1]) | 204,825 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Lingchuan County (Chinese: 陵川县; pinyin: Língchuān Xiàn) is a county in the southeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Henan province to the east and southeast. It is under the administration of Jincheng city.
| Climate data for Lingchuan (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) | 14.4 (57.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
31.8 (89.2) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.4 (93.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
34.4 (93.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.8 (23.4) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
3.5 (38.3) |
10.3 (50.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.8 (16.2) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.4 (57.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
5.1 (41.2) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
4.5 (40.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.9 (−5.6) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
0.9 (33.6) |
6.7 (44.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−21.4 (−6.5) |
−21.4 (−6.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.7 (0.22) |
10.6 (0.42) |
13.0 (0.51) |
32.1 (1.26) |
54.9 (2.16) |
77.6 (3.06) |
143.0 (5.63) |
121.5 (4.78) |
74.8 (2.94) |
33.8 (1.33) |
18.2 (0.72) |
5.5 (0.22) |
590.7 (23.25) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 10.9 | 14.2 | 12.8 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 92.8 |
| Average snowy days | 5.7 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 28.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 54 | 56 | 53 | 54 | 56 | 64 | 77 | 79 | 74 | 66 | 59 | 53 | 62 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 187.5 | 180.7 | 211.4 | 240.2 | 260.1 | 231.6 | 211.4 | 203.0 | 184.8 | 196.5 | 188.8 | 193.6 | 2,489.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 60 | 58 | 57 | 61 | 60 | 53 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 57 | 62 | 64 | 57 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
