Quzhou County
曲周县
County
Quzhou in Handan
Quzhou in Handan
Handan in Hebei
Handan in Hebei
Coordinates: 36°46′48″N 114°56′42″E / 36.780°N 114.945°E / 36.780; 114.945Coordinates: 36°46′48″N 114°56′42″E / 36.780°N 114.945°E / 36.780; 114.945
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHebei
Prefecture-level cityHandan
Area
 • Total667 km2 (258 sq mi)
Elevation
42 m (139 ft)
Population
 • Total400,000
 • Density600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
057250
Quzhou County
Traditional Chinese曲周縣
Simplified Chinese曲周县

Quzhou[a] is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Handan, in the south of Hebei Province, China. It has a population of 400,000[when?] residing in an area of 667 km2 (258 sq mi).

Administrative divisions

There are 5 towns and 5 townships under the county's administration.[2]

Towns:

Townships:

Climate

Climate data for Quzhou (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 18.6
(65.5) 		24.7
(76.5) 		30.6
(87.1) 		35.0
(95.0) 		38.6
(101.5) 		42.6
(108.7) 		41.3
(106.3) 		37.8
(100.0) 		38.7
(101.7) 		32.5
(90.5) 		27.3
(81.1) 		25.2
(77.4) 		42.6
(108.7)
Average high °C (°F) 3.8
(38.8) 		7.9
(46.2) 		14.0
(57.2) 		21.5
(70.7) 		27.0
(80.6) 		32.1
(89.8) 		32.1
(89.8) 		30.4
(86.7) 		26.9
(80.4) 		21.3
(70.3) 		12.4
(54.3) 		5.5
(41.9) 		19.6
(67.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.0
(28.4) 		1.7
(35.1) 		7.7
(45.9) 		15.0
(59.0) 		20.6
(69.1) 		25.9
(78.6) 		27.1
(80.8) 		25.5
(77.9) 		20.8
(69.4) 		14.7
(58.5) 		6.2
(43.2) 		−0.1
(31.8) 		13.6
(56.5)
Average low °C (°F) −6.7
(19.9) 		−3.4
(25.9) 		2.2
(36.0) 		8.9
(48.0) 		14.5
(58.1) 		20.0
(68.0) 		22.8
(73.0) 		21.4
(70.5) 		15.9
(60.6) 		9.4
(48.9) 		1.2
(34.2) 		−4.4
(24.1) 		8.5
(47.3)
Record low °C (°F) −21.4
(−6.5) 		−15.8
(3.6) 		−8.6
(16.5) 		−1.0
(30.2) 		2.9
(37.2) 		10.2
(50.4) 		16.3
(61.3) 		13.3
(55.9) 		4.1
(39.4) 		−2.8
(27.0) 		−15.7
(3.7) 		−17.4
(0.7) 		−21.4
(−6.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.5
(0.14) 		6.5
(0.26) 		13.1
(0.52) 		20.3
(0.80) 		43.0
(1.69) 		53.1
(2.09) 		119.3
(4.70) 		121.1
(4.77) 		51.3
(2.02) 		30.2
(1.19) 		12.8
(0.50) 		3.4
(0.13) 		477.6
(18.81)
Average relative humidity (%) 61 57 56 60 65 61 77 82 76 69 68 66 67
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[3]

Notes

  1. ^ In addition to the pinyin and Wade-Giles romanizations given above, Quzhou sometimes appears in older works as Ku Chou.[1]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Fitzgerald (1933), p. 222.
  2. ^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：曲周县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  3. ^ 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

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