Ruichang
瑞昌市 Juichang | |
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 Location of Ruichang (red) in Jiujiang City (yellow) and Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates: 29°40′34″N 115°40′52″E / 29.676°N 115.681°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Jiujiang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,423.11 km2 (549.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[citation needed] | |
| • Total | 462,700 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (840/sq mi) |
| Postal Code | 332200 |
Ruichang (Chinese: 瑞昌; pinyin: Ruìchāng) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang, in the north of Jiangxi province, along the Yangtze River, bordering Hubei province to the north.
Ruichang suffered deaths and extensive damage from the 2005 Ruichang earthquake.
Ruichang City is divided to 2 subdistricts, 8 towns and 9 townships.[1]
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Ruichang is served by the Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway.
| Climate data for Ruichang (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) | 21.8 (71.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.4 (93.9) |
36.9 (98.4) |
37.7 (99.9) |
40.8 (105.4) |
40.1 (104.2) |
38.3 (100.9) |
39.7 (103.5) |
30.1 (86.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
40.8 (105.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
33.6 (92.5) |
32.9 (91.2) |
28.9 (84.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.4 (52.5) |
17.5 (63.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
6.7 (44.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
7.8 (46.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
13.9 (57.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
1.2 (34.2) |
9.3 (48.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.3 (63.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 74.9 (2.95) |
91.1 (3.59) |
142.5 (5.61) |
177.1 (6.97) |
190.3 (7.49) |
230.8 (9.09) |
191.7 (7.55) |
133.7 (5.26) |
95.2 (3.75) |
63.1 (2.48) |
68.3 (2.69) |
48.7 (1.92) |
1,507.4 (59.35) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.5 | 12.6 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 10 | 9.3 | 144.6 |
| Average snowy days | 3.9 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 8.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 76 | 80 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 75 | 77 | 76 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 81.6 | 83.2 | 101.9 | 127.1 | 142.0 | 119.5 | 183.7 | 179.6 | 146.5 | 140.2 | 116.3 | 107.7 | 1,529.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 25 | 26 | 27 | 33 | 34 | 28 | 43 | 44 | 40 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 34 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||