County-level city in Hebei, People's Republic of China
Zhuozhou (Chinese: 涿州; pinyin: Zhuōzhōu), is a county-level city with 628,000 inhabitants in central Hebei province, southwest of Beijing. It is administered by Baoding prefecture-level city. Zhuozhou has 3 subdistricts, 6 towns, 5 townships, and 1 development zone.[2]
Climate
Zhuozhou is at a high risk of floods. It was heavily impacted by the 2023 China floods, and more than a sixth of the city's 600,000 residents had to evacuate. [3]
Zhuozhou has been described by Hebei communist party secretary Ni Yuefeng as being able to "serve as a moat for the capital" using flood storage and detention areas in the aftermath of flooding in Beijing as a result of Typhoon Doksuri.[4]
| Climate data for Zhuozhou (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)
|
14.3
(57.7)
|
17.0
(62.6)
|
30.1
(86.2)
|
31.5
(88.7)
|
37.5
(99.5)
|
40.4
(104.7)
|
40.4
(104.7)
|
36.2
(97.2)
|
34.3
(93.7)
|
30.8
(87.4)
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22.3
(72.1)
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14.8
(58.6)
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40.4
(104.7)
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| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
2.0
(35.6)
|
6.0
(42.8)
|
13.8
(56.8)
|
21.1
(70.0)
|
27.3
(81.1)
|
31.0
(87.8)
|
31.9
(89.4)
|
30.4
(86.7)
|
26.5
(79.7)
|
19.4
(66.9)
|
10.3
(50.5)
|
3.4
(38.1)
|
18.6
(65.5)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
−4.5
(23.9)
|
−0.5
(31.1)
|
7.3
(45.1)
|
14.8
(58.6)
|
21.0
(69.8)
|
25.1
(77.2)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
25.5
(77.9)
|
20.4
(68.7)
|
12.7
(54.9)
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4.1
(39.4)
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−2.7
(27.1)
|
12.5
(54.5)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
−9.5
(14.9)
|
−5.7
(21.7)
|
1.3
(34.3)
|
8.3
(46.9)
|
14.5
(58.1)
|
19.5
(67.1)
|
22.4
(72.3)
|
21.2
(70.2)
|
15.4
(59.7)
|
7.4
(45.3)
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−0.7
(30.7)
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−7.2
(19.0)
|
7.2
(45.0)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
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−22.0
(−7.6)
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−17.0
(1.4)
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−8.6
(16.5)
|
−1.8
(28.8)
|
6.1
(43.0)
|
12.1
(53.8)
|
15.7
(60.3)
|
12.4
(54.3)
|
5.8
(42.4)
|
−5.0
(23.0)
|
−9.8
(14.4)
|
−20.0
(−4.0)
|
−22.0
(−7.6)
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| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
2.3
(0.09)
|
5.3
(0.21)
|
7.8
(0.31)
|
25.2
(0.99)
|
36.5
(1.44)
|
78.3
(3.08)
|
173.4
(6.83)
|
110.3
(4.34)
|
50.7
(2.00)
|
30.3
(1.19)
|
12.7
(0.50)
|
2.4
(0.09)
|
535.2
(21.07)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
|
1.8
|
2.2
|
2.7
|
4.9
|
6.2
|
9.4
|
12.3
|
10.8
|
7.5
|
5.1
|
3.0
|
1.5
|
67.4
|
| Average snowy days
|
3.1
|
2.1
|
1.0
|
0.1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.5
|
2.5
|
10.3
|
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
53
|
48
|
45
|
48
|
54
|
62
|
75
|
78
|
73
|
68
|
64
|
57
|
60
|
| Mean monthly sunshine hours
|
181.1
|
184.6
|
236.2
|
251.9
|
274.0
|
231.8
|
203.0
|
212.4
|
210.3
|
195.6
|
166.4
|
168.0
|
2,515.3
|
| Percent possible sunshine
|
60
|
61
|
63
|
63
|
62
|
52
|
45
|
51
|
57
|
57
|
56
|
58
|
57
|
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6]
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