Shahe
沙河市
Shaho
County-level city
Shahe in Xingtai
Shahe in Xingtai
Shahe is located in Hebei
Shahe
Shahe
Location in Hebei
Coordinates: 36°51′18″N 114°30′12″E / 36.8549°N 114.5033°E / 36.8549; 114.5033
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHebei
Prefecture-level cityXingtai
Area
[1]
 • County-level city999.0 km2 (385.7 sq mi)
 • Urban
37.00 km2 (14.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • County-level city457,000
 • Urban
[1]
96,500
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Shahe (Chinese: 沙河; pinyin: Shāhé) is a county-level city in the prefecture-level city of Xingtai, in the southern part of Hebei province, China.

Shahe has been called China's "glass capital." Its glass factories manufacture about ten percent of the world supply of flat glass. About 50,000 of Shahe's 480,000 residents work in the glass industry.

Smog in Shahe has become a serious problem, with some factories preferring to pay fines rather than comply with air pollution enforcement requirements.[2]

Administrative divisions

[3] Subdistricts:

Towns:

Townships:

Climate

Climate data for Shahe (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 19.3
(66.7) 		26.9
(80.4) 		32.8
(91.0) 		36.5
(97.7) 		38.2
(100.8) 		44.4
(111.9) 		41.7
(107.1) 		36.3
(97.3) 		38.9
(102.0) 		33.9
(93.0) 		27.8
(82.0) 		27.8
(82.0) 		44.4
(111.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 4.0
(39.2) 		8.4
(47.1) 		15.2
(59.4) 		21.7
(71.1) 		27.4
(81.3) 		32.6
(90.7) 		32.4
(90.3) 		30.5
(86.9) 		27.2
(81.0) 		21.4
(70.5) 		12.4
(54.3) 		5.7
(42.3) 		19.9
(67.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.4
(27.7) 		1.5
(34.7) 		8.2
(46.8) 		15.0
(59.0) 		20.9
(69.6) 		26.1
(79.0) 		27.2
(81.0) 		25.4
(77.7) 		20.8
(69.4) 		14.6
(58.3) 		5.9
(42.6) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		13.6
(56.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −7.2
(19.0) 		−3.9
(25.0) 		2.1
(35.8) 		8.7
(47.7) 		14.5
(58.1) 		19.9
(67.8) 		22.7
(72.9) 		21.2
(70.2) 		15.7
(60.3) 		9.2
(48.6) 		1.0
(33.8) 		−5
(23) 		8.2
(46.8)
Record low °C (°F) −21.0
(−5.8) 		−22.3
(−8.1) 		−10.2
(13.6) 		−3.6
(25.5) 		2.1
(35.8) 		10.0
(50.0) 		16.1
(61.0) 		12.0
(53.6) 		5.1
(41.2) 		−2.9
(26.8) 		−16.0
(3.2) 		−17.5
(0.5) 		−22.3
(−8.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2.6
(0.10) 		7.0
(0.28) 		7.8
(0.31) 		28.2
(1.11) 		39.5
(1.56) 		50.4
(1.98) 		162.2
(6.39) 		118.8
(4.68) 		46.2
(1.82) 		25.1
(0.99) 		14.4
(0.57) 		3.0
(0.12) 		505.2
(19.91)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.7 2.8 2.7 5.5 6.8 8.6 11.3 10.1 7.0 5.5 3.5 2.0 67.5
Average snowy days 2.7 2.8 0.8 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 2.5 10.4
Average relative humidity (%) 63 59 55 62 64 60 76 82 76 69 70 67 67
Mean monthly sunshine hours 139.2 155.3 202.2 225.2 248.8 218.1 183.4 182.6 177.6 177.6 148.7 144.7 2,203.4
Percent possible sunshine 45 50 54 57 57 50 41 44 48 52 49 48 50
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ Zhou, Viola (2017-09-21). "Grim news from front line of China's battle against air pollution". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  3. ^ 邢台市-行政区划网
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  5. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

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