Zhangzi County
长子县 Changtze | |
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 Faxing Temple | |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Changzhi |
| Population (2020[1]) | 298,690 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | Zhangzi.gov.cn |
Zhangzi County (simplified Chinese: 长子县; traditional Chinese: 長子縣; pinyin: Zhǎngzǐ Xiàn) is a county in the southeast of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changzhi.
| Climate data for Zhangzhi (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) | 16.6 (61.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
35.2 (95.4) |
37.0 (98.6) |
37.4 (99.3) |
36.9 (98.4) |
34.6 (94.3) |
35.6 (96.1) |
30.5 (86.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
37.4 (99.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
19.7 (67.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
10.6 (51.1) |
4.1 (39.4) |
17.2 (62.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
10.2 (50.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.4 (13.3) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
5.4 (41.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
16.8 (62.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
4.5 (40.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.1 (−11.4) |
−22.8 (−9.0) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
6.8 (44.2) |
11.5 (52.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−23.9 (−11.0) |
−24.1 (−11.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.8 (0.23) |
10.1 (0.40) |
12.3 (0.48) |
32.9 (1.30) |
59.0 (2.32) |
67.1 (2.64) |
137.4 (5.41) |
94.8 (3.73) |
67.1 (2.64) |
37.2 (1.46) |
19.3 (0.76) |
4.8 (0.19) |
547.8 (21.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 11.3 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 84.4 |
| Average snowy days | 4.3 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 19 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 58 | 58 | 53 | 53 | 55 | 63 | 78 | 80 | 76 | 68 | 63 | 58 | 64 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 164.3 | 165.4 | 194.3 | 219.7 | 240.9 | 215.5 | 196.7 | 186.9 | 164.1 | 173.8 | 167.8 | 168.6 | 2,258 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 53 | 53 | 52 | 56 | 55 | 49 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 56 | 51 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||