Lucheng
潞城区
District
Lucheng is located in Shanxi
Lucheng
Lucheng
Location in Shanxi
Coordinates: 36°19′N 113°13′E / 36.317°N 113.217°E / 36.317; 113.217
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShanxi
Prefecture-level cityChangzhi
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Lucheng (Chinese: 潞城; pinyin: Lùchéng) is a District in Changzhi, in south-eastern Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China. As a division of Changzhi City, it covers an area of 615 km² and has a population of 210,000. Lucheng's economy is driven by coal industry and limestone mining.

A village in Lucheng county, Zhangzhuangcun (张庄村, pinyin: Zhāngzhuāngcūn), sometimes translated as Long Bow Village, was made famous by the book Fanshen written by William H. Hinton. The book chronicles the changes Zhangzhuangcun underwent after the defeat of occupying Japanese forces by the communist Eighth Route Army and the ensuing land reform movement by the Chinese Communist Party during second Chinese civil war. Hinton documented his return to Zhangzhuangcun years later in Fanshen, chronicling what had happened in the years since and describing how the Cultural Revolution affected the village.

History

Climate

Climate data for Lucheng (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 16.2
(61.2) 		22.3
(72.1) 		28.5
(83.3) 		34.9
(94.8) 		36.4
(97.5) 		37.6
(99.7) 		37.5
(99.5) 		34.9
(94.8) 		35.3
(95.5) 		29.7
(85.5) 		24.1
(75.4) 		19.0
(66.2) 		37.6
(99.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 2.5
(36.5) 		6.2
(43.2) 		12.4
(54.3) 		19.5
(67.1) 		24.6
(76.3) 		28.2
(82.8) 		28.7
(83.7) 		27.1
(80.8) 		23.0
(73.4) 		17.6
(63.7) 		10.3
(50.5) 		3.9
(39.0) 		17.0
(62.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.8
(23.4) 		−1.2
(29.8) 		4.9
(40.8) 		12.1
(53.8) 		17.7
(63.9) 		21.5
(70.7) 		22.9
(73.2) 		21.4
(70.5) 		16.5
(61.7) 		10.3
(50.5) 		3.2
(37.8) 		−2.9
(26.8) 		10.1
(50.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −10.1
(13.8) 		−6.7
(19.9) 		−1.2
(29.8) 		5.1
(41.2) 		10.7
(51.3) 		15.2
(59.4) 		18.1
(64.6) 		16.9
(62.4) 		11.3
(52.3) 		4.7
(40.5) 		−2.0
(28.4) 		−7.8
(18.0) 		4.5
(40.1)
Record low °C (°F) −23.3
(−9.9) 		−20.5
(−4.9) 		−14.6
(5.7) 		−6.8
(19.8) 		−0.4
(31.3) 		6.5
(43.7) 		10.7
(51.3) 		8.4
(47.1) 		0.2
(32.4) 		−6.8
(19.8) 		−18.9
(−2.0) 		−23.0
(−9.4) 		−23.3
(−9.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4.5
(0.18) 		9.4
(0.37) 		11.0
(0.43) 		33.5
(1.32) 		47.5
(1.87) 		66.9
(2.63) 		140.6
(5.54) 		103.8
(4.09) 		59.6
(2.35) 		35.7
(1.41) 		19.3
(0.76) 		4.4
(0.17) 		536.2
(21.12)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 3.4 4.2 4.6 6.4 7.9 10.6 14.1 11.5 9.3 6.8 4.9 2.9 86.6
Average snowy days 4.7 5.0 3.4 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2.8 4.0 20.8
Average relative humidity (%) 55 54 50 51 54 61 76 79 75 68 63 56 62
Mean monthly sunshine hours 151.4 150.7 181.3 209.4 228.8 194.9 177.3 173.0 155.0 163.0 157.3 152.5 2,094.6
Percent possible sunshine 49 49 49 53 52 45 40 42 42 47 52 51 48
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]

Transportation

References

  1. ^ "山西长治市部分行政区划调整：上党区、屯留区和潞城区亮相". 2018-09-30.
  2. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

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