Wuzhai County
五寨县 | |
|---|---|
 Wuzhai in Xinzhou | |
.png) Xinzhou in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 38°54′39″N 111°50′49″E / 38.9108°N 111.8470°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 036200 |
Wuzhai (Chinese: 五寨; pinyin: Wǔzhài; lit. 'five villages') is a county of northwestern Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Xinzhou City.
Wuzhai has a monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with cold and very dry winters, and warm, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −12.2 °C (10.0 °F) in January to 20.2 °C (68.4 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 5.4 °C (41.7 °F). June thru September accounts for nearly three-fourths of the 454 millimetres (17.9 in) of annual precipitation. Due to the high elevation and dry climate, the diurnal temperature variation averages 15 °C (27 °F) annually.
| Climate data for Wuzhai (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
25.3 (77.5) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
36.7 (98.1) |
35.7 (96.3) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
20.9 (69.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
36.7 (98.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
1.8 (35.2) |
8.4 (47.1) |
16.2 (61.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.6 (11.1) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
8.3 (46.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
13.1 (55.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
5.8 (42.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −18.1 (−0.6) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
0.3 (32.5) |
6.4 (43.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
13.6 (56.5) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−1.0 (30.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −32.7 (−26.9) |
−30.8 (−23.4) |
−28.1 (−18.6) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
4.1 (39.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−28.6 (−19.5) |
−35.4 (−31.7) |
−35.4 (−31.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.7 (0.15) |
6.6 (0.26) |
9.6 (0.38) |
24.8 (0.98) |
39.8 (1.57) |
66.0 (2.60) |
109.0 (4.29) |
111.0 (4.37) |
66.3 (2.61) |
31.3 (1.23) |
13.1 (0.52) |
3.7 (0.15) |
484.9 (19.11) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 90.9 |
| Average snowy days | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 34.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 58 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 42 | 52 | 68 | 74 | 70 | 64 | 60 | 58 | 58 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 186.2 | 183.7 | 222.6 | 237.9 | 263.9 | 242.5 | 236.0 | 217.4 | 206.4 | 212.2 | 189.5 | 181.8 | 2,580.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 61 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 56 | 62 | 64 | 62 | 59 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[3] | |||||||||||||
