Ningwu County
宁武县 | |
|---|---|
 Wannian Ice Cave (万年冰洞) | |
 Location in Xinzhou | |
  Ningwu Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 39°00′19″N 112°18′08″E / 39.00528°N 112.30222°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Ningwu County (simplified Chinese: 宁武县; traditional Chinese: 寧武縣; pinyin: Níngwǔ Xiàn) is a county under the administration of Xinzhou in Shanxi province, China.
Present-day Ningwu County includes the site of the former seat of Loufan County,[1] now part of Taiyuan Prefecture.
In October 1937, the city was occupied by Japanese forces. 4,800 out of the 7,000 residents of Ningwu were massacred by the Japanese.
| Climate data for Ningwu (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) | 13.0 (55.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
33.9 (93.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
36.7 (98.1) |
35.2 (95.4) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.8 (91.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
36.7 (98.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
1.4 (34.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
13.5 (56.3) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.4 (16.9) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
1.6 (34.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
7.2 (44.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
3.2 (37.8) |
8.9 (48.0) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
2.2 (36.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.1 (−13.2) |
−24.2 (−11.6) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
1.2 (34.2) |
7.4 (45.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.5 (0.10) |
4.5 (0.18) |
8.7 (0.34) |
21.5 (0.85) |
34.9 (1.37) |
68.0 (2.68) |
112.6 (4.43) |
107.8 (4.24) |
61.5 (2.42) |
24.9 (0.98) |
9.4 (0.37) |
2.4 (0.09) |
458.7 (18.05) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 12.0 | 14.2 | 12.8 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 89.1 |
| Average snowy days | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 36 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 45 | 42 | 38 | 37 | 39 | 51 | 65 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 47 | 45 | 50 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 205.2 | 200.9 | 239.5 | 256.6 | 281.2 | 252.7 | 246.2 | 230.3 | 216.3 | 225.8 | 205.9 | 200.7 | 2,761.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 68 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 59 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 63 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||