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Ruyuan 乳源瑶族自治县 Yuyuan | |
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| 乳源瑶族自治县Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County | |
Location of Ruyuan County (red) within Shaoguan City and Guangdong (yellow) | |
| Coordinates: 24°53′N113°11′E / 24.883°N 113.183°E / 24.883; 113.183 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Shaoguan |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,227 km2 (860 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 187,276 |
| • Density | 84.09/km2 (217.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Ruyuan (postal: Yuyuan; Chinese: 乳源; pinyin: Rǔyuán; Jyutping: jyu5 jyun4 jyun6), officially Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, is a county of northern Guangdong province, China, with a small border with Hunan to the northwest. It is under the administration of Shaoguan City. It is one of Guangdong's three autonomous counties.
| Climate data for Ruyuan, elevation 131 m (430 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) | 27.0(80.6) | 30.9(87.6) | 32.2(90.0) | 34.0(93.2) | 36.3(97.3) | 38.4(101.1) | 40.8(105.4) | 40.0(104.0) | 37.7(99.9) | 36.4(97.5) | 33.6(92.5) | 27.7(81.9) | 40.8(105.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.5(58.1) | 16.8(62.2) | 19.1(66.4) | 24.7(76.5) | 28.9(84.0) | 31.6(88.9) | 33.9(93.0) | 33.7(92.7) | 31.3(88.3) | 27.7(81.9) | 22.6(72.7) | 17.1(62.8) | 25.2(77.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.0(50.0) | 12.3(54.1) | 15.1(59.2) | 20.4(68.7) | 24.4(75.9) | 27.0(80.6) | 28.6(83.5) | 28.3(82.9) | 26.1(79.0) | 22.1(71.8) | 16.9(62.4) | 11.6(52.9) | 20.2(68.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.1(44.8) | 9.3(48.7) | 12.5(54.5) | 17.4(63.3) | 21.3(70.3) | 24.0(75.2) | 25.1(77.2) | 24.8(76.6) | 22.6(72.7) | 18.2(64.8) | 13.1(55.6) | 8.1(46.6) | 17.0(62.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.7(28.9) | −1.0(30.2) | 0.1(32.2) | 5.6(42.1) | 12.7(54.9) | 15.3(59.5) | 20.6(69.1) | 21.2(70.2) | 14.9(58.8) | 6.0(42.8) | 1.6(34.9) | −3.1(26.4) | −3.1(26.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 86.0(3.39) | 100.6(3.96) | 193.9(7.63) | 213.2(8.39) | 291.5(11.48) | 313.0(12.32) | 202.1(7.96) | 195.0(7.68) | 114.8(4.52) | 59.6(2.35) | 65.5(2.58) | 56.7(2.23) | 1,891.9(74.49) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.7 | 14.0 | 20.1 | 17.9 | 19.2 | 20.3 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 11.6 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 170.7 |
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 78.4 | 66.2 | 55.8 | 69.8 | 98.5 | 111.1 | 178.2 | 178.8 | 159.6 | 160.3 | 134.5 | 120.7 | 1,411.9 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 23 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 43 | 45 | 44 | 45 | 41 | 37 | 32 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||