Qian'an County 乾安县 | |
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Qian'an in Songyuan | |
Songyuan in Jilin | |
| Coordinates: 45°00′14″N124°02′28″E / 45.004°N 124.041°E / 45.004; 124.041 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Prefecture-level city | Songyuan |
| County seat | Qian'an Town (乾安县) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,522 km2 (1,360 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 146 m (479 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 300,000 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Qian'an County (simplified Chinese: 乾安县; traditional Chinese: 乾安縣; pinyin: Qián'ān Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Jilin province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Songyuan, with a 2002 population of 300,000 and an area of 3,522 km2 (1,360 sq mi).
There are six towns and four townships under the county's administration.[1]
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| Climate data for Qian'an, elevation 146 m (479 ft), (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) | 3.1(37.6) | 14.5(58.1) | 22.0(71.6) | 31.4(88.5) | 36.5(97.7) | 39.3(102.7) | 38.4(101.1) | 37.1(98.8) | 33.0(91.4) | 28.5(83.3) | 19.0(66.2) | 10.0(50.0) | 39.3(102.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −9.8(14.4) | −3.8(25.2) | 4.8(40.6) | 15.1(59.2) | 22.6(72.7) | 27.6(81.7) | 29.1(84.4) | 27.6(81.7) | 22.7(72.9) | 13.5(56.3) | 1.3(34.3) | −8.1(17.4) | 11.9(53.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.4(4.3) | −10.1(13.8) | −1.4(29.5) | 8.7(47.7) | 16.5(61.7) | 22.0(71.6) | 24.3(75.7) | 22.6(72.7) | 16.5(61.7) | 7.4(45.3) | −4.0(24.8) | −13.2(8.2) | 6.2(43.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.9(−3.8) | −15.5(4.1) | −7.0(19.4) | 2.5(36.5) | 10.5(50.9) | 16.7(62.1) | 19.9(67.8) | 18.0(64.4) | 11.0(51.8) | 2.4(36.3) | −8.2(17.2) | −17.3(0.9) | 1.1(34.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34.6(−30.3) | −34.0(−29.2) | −21.1(−6.0) | −8.5(16.7) | −0.4(31.3) | 4.7(40.5) | 11.3(52.3) | 9.1(48.4) | 0.2(32.4) | −14.1(6.6) | −23.5(−10.3) | −31.5(−24.7) | −34.6(−30.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.6(0.06) | 2.0(0.08) | 5.5(0.22) | 11.9(0.47) | 43.4(1.71) | 72.0(2.83) | 121.6(4.79) | 98.5(3.88) | 37.1(1.46) | 18.4(0.72) | 6.6(0.26) | 3.6(0.14) | 422.2(16.62) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.7 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 9.5 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 71 |
| Average snowy days | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 25.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 64 | 55 | 48 | 43 | 48 | 60 | 73 | 73 | 63 | 57 | 60 | 66 | 59 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 186.9 | 203.5 | 242.1 | 244.0 | 265.1 | 250.3 | 228.6 | 234.7 | 239.2 | 216.3 | 176.6 | 166.0 | 2,653.3 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 65 | 69 | 65 | 60 | 57 | 54 | 49 | 54 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 61 | 61 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||