Yuci
榆次区 Yutze | |
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Coordinates: 37°37′N 112°51′E / 37.617°N 112.850°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shanxi |
Prefecture-level city | Jinzhong |
Area | |
• Total | 1,327 km2 (512 sq mi) |
Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 904,518 |
• Density | 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 030600 |
Area code | 0354 |
Website | www |
Yuci District (simplified Chinese: 榆次区; traditional Chinese: 榆次區; pinyin: Yúcì Qū) is a district in Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.
Subdistricts:[2]
Towns:
Townships:
Climate data for Yuci (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) | 12.4 (54.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
37.1 (98.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
39.6 (103.3) |
39.5 (103.1) |
36.3 (97.3) |
35.8 (96.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
39.6 (103.3) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.7 (87.3) |
28.9 (84.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
17.8 (64.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
5.1 (41.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
4.9 (40.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −21.0 (−5.8) |
−20.6 (−5.1) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−22.3 (−8.1) |
−22.3 (−8.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.0 (0.08) |
3.6 (0.14) |
8.6 (0.34) |
25.1 (0.99) |
29.1 (1.15) |
51.4 (2.02) |
99.9 (3.93) |
90.9 (3.58) |
57.9 (2.28) |
32.5 (1.28) |
11.4 (0.45) |
1.9 (0.07) |
414.3 (16.31) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 9.3 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 67.2 |
Average snowy days | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 14.4 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 48 | 45 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 54 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 56 | 49 | 54 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 174.4 | 179.1 | 216.7 | 240.3 | 264.0 | 239.8 | 230.0 | 221.3 | 198.7 | 195.6 | 174.8 | 174.9 | 2,509.6 |
Percent possible sunshine | 57 | 58 | 58 | 61 | 60 | 54 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 57 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] |
Yuci District is home to several new university campuses, as well as many others under construction, for major universities based in Shanxi, including Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi University of Traditional Medicine and Shanxi Medical University and Taiyuan Normal University. For this reason, Yuci is known in Shanxi as a university city.