Pengxi County
蓬溪县 | |
|---|---|
.png) Location of Pengxi County (red) within Suining City (yellow) and Sichuan | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Suining |
| County seat | Chicheng Town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,251 km2 (483 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Pengxi County (Chinese: 蓬溪县; pinyin: Péngxī Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Chongqing to the southeast. It is under the administration of Suining city.
Pengxi County comprises 1 subdistrict, 17 towns and 2 townships:[1]
| Climate data for Pengxi, elevation 395 m (1,296 ft), (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) | 19.4 (66.9) |
23.2 (73.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
34.1 (93.4) |
36.4 (97.5) |
36.4 (97.5) |
39.3 (102.7) |
40.4 (104.7) |
40.6 (105.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
40.6 (105.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
17.3 (63.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.9 (84.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
16.1 (61.0) |
10.4 (50.7) |
21.3 (70.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
17.2 (62.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
5.3 (41.5) |
14.2 (57.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
9.1 (48.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
2.7 (36.9) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13.9 (0.55) |
16.1 (0.63) |
31.3 (1.23) |
61.7 (2.43) |
104.1 (4.10) |
159.7 (6.29) |
189.0 (7.44) |
177.3 (6.98) |
124.9 (4.92) |
71.1 (2.80) |
26.0 (1.02) |
12.7 (0.50) |
987.8 (38.89) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.2 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 129.2 |
| Average snowy days | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 79 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 82 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 47.1 | 52.0 | 92.8 | 128.3 | 136.1 | 120.4 | 162.8 | 173.8 | 97.0 | 64.5 | 59.3 | 39.4 | 1,173.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 15 | 17 | 25 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 38 | 43 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 26 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
