County in Guizhou, China
Wangmo County (simplified Chinese: 望谟县; traditional Chinese: 望謨縣; pinyin: Wàngmó Xiàn) is a county in the southwest of Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the southeast. It is under the administration of the Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.
Administrative divisions
Wangmo County is divided into 4 subdistricts, 11 towns and 1 ethnic township:[1]
- subdistricts
- Wangmu Subdistrict 王母街道
- Pingdong Subdistrict 平洞街道
- Xintun Subdistrict 新屯街道
- Pantao Subdistrict 蟠桃街道
- towns
- Leyuan Town 乐元镇
- Dayi Town 打易镇
- Lewang Town 乐旺镇
- Sanglang Town 桑郎镇
- Mashan Town 麻山镇
- Shitun Town 石屯镇
- Jiaona Town 郊纳镇
- Zhexiang Town 蔗香镇
- Daguan Town 大观镇
- Bianrao Town 边饶镇
- Angwu Town 昂武镇
- ethnic township
- Youmai Yao Ethnic Township 油迈瑶族乡
Climate
Wangmo recorded 122.5 millimetres (4.82 inches) of rainfall in one hour, on 9 June 2011, the most rainfall in the county in 200 years.[2]
And on 20 June 2011, 312 mm (12.28 in) of rain fell in 3hrs in the county [3] as part of significant flooding across the region.
| Climate data for Wangmo (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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| Record high °C (°F)
|
30.5
(86.9)
|
34.4
(93.9)
|
36.2
(97.2)
|
38.8
(101.8)
|
38.5
(101.3)
|
37.3
(99.1)
|
36.9
(98.4)
|
37.2
(99.0)
|
37.3
(99.1)
|
34.4
(93.9)
|
31.9
(89.4)
|
30.2
(86.4)
|
38.8
(101.8)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
15.2
(59.4)
|
18.6
(65.5)
|
22.8
(73.0)
|
27.7
(81.9)
|
29.8
(85.6)
|
30.9
(87.6)
|
31.8
(89.2)
|
31.9
(89.4)
|
30.0
(86.0)
|
25.5
(77.9)
|
22.1
(71.8)
|
17.0
(62.6)
|
25.3
(77.5)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
10.6
(51.1)
|
13.2
(55.8)
|
17.0
(62.6)
|
21.6
(70.9)
|
24.3
(75.7)
|
25.9
(78.6)
|
26.6
(79.9)
|
26.2
(79.2)
|
24.1
(75.4)
|
20.4
(68.7)
|
16.4
(61.5)
|
12.0
(53.6)
|
19.9
(67.8)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
7.8
(46.0)
|
9.7
(49.5)
|
13.3
(55.9)
|
17.4
(63.3)
|
20.1
(68.2)
|
22.4
(72.3)
|
23.2
(73.8)
|
22.6
(72.7)
|
20.5
(68.9)
|
17.3
(63.1)
|
13.0
(55.4)
|
8.9
(48.0)
|
16.4
(61.4)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−2.0
(28.4)
|
0.6
(33.1)
|
0.6
(33.1)
|
6.5
(43.7)
|
10.3
(50.5)
|
12.4
(54.3)
|
15.4
(59.7)
|
16.8
(62.2)
|
11.0
(51.8)
|
7.2
(45.0)
|
1.6
(34.9)
|
−2.5
(27.5)
|
−2.5
(27.5)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
26.3
(1.04)
|
19.9
(0.78)
|
37.8
(1.49)
|
66.5
(2.62)
|
185.8
(7.31)
|
284.7
(11.21)
|
215.7
(8.49)
|
175.4
(6.91)
|
93.9
(3.70)
|
79.7
(3.14)
|
40.7
(1.60)
|
19.0
(0.75)
|
1,245.4
(49.04)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
|
10.9
|
8.3
|
10.1
|
11.6
|
14.1
|
16.2
|
16.1
|
14.9
|
9.8
|
11.8
|
7.8
|
7.7
|
139.3
|
| Average snowy days
|
0.6
|
0.2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0.1
|
0.9
|
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
78
|
73
|
70
|
70
|
73
|
80
|
80
|
81
|
79
|
81
|
79
|
77
|
77
|
| Mean monthly sunshine hours
|
56.0
|
76.6
|
98.9
|
137.3
|
150.2
|
131.3
|
165.8
|
179.6
|
148.4
|
99.8
|
106.0
|
75.4
|
1,425.3
|
| Percent possible sunshine
|
17
|
24
|
26
|
36
|
36
|
32
|
40
|
45
|
41
|
28
|
33
|
23
|
32
|
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]
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