Linze County 临泽县 | |
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  Linze Location of the seat in Gansu | |
| Coordinates:39°18′N100°10′E / 39.300°N 100.167°E /39.300; 100.167 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhangye |
| County seat | Shahe |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,729 km2 (1,054 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 149,523 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 734200 |
| Website | www |
Linze County (simplified Chinese:临泽县;traditional Chinese:臨澤縣;pinyin:Línzé Xiàn) is one of the 58counties ofGansu province, China, borderingInner Mongolia to the northeast. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofZhangye. Its postal code is 734200, and in 1999 its population was 144,613 people.
Linze County is divided to 7 towns and 6 others.[2]
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| Climate data for Linze, elevation 1,454 m (4,770 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) | 16.0 (60.8) | 22.0 (71.6) | 26.1 (79.0) | 33.5 (92.3) | 35.3 (95.5) | 36.2 (97.2) | 39.1 (102.4) | 37.2 (99.0) | 33.8 (92.8) | 29.6 (85.3) | 21.7 (71.1) | 19.6 (67.3) | 39.1 (102.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) | 4.6 (40.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 19.3 (66.7) | 24.6 (76.3) | 28.7 (83.7) | 30.4 (86.7) | 28.9 (84.0) | 23.9 (75.0) | 17.0 (62.6) | 8.4 (47.1) | 1.0 (33.8) | 16.5 (61.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) | −3.4 (25.9) | 3.8 (38.8) | 11.6 (52.9) | 17.1 (62.8) | 21.5 (70.7) | 23.1 (73.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 15.7 (60.3) | 8.1 (46.6) | 0.4 (32.7) | −6.7 (19.9) | 8.7 (47.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.6 (5.7) | −9.8 (14.4) | −2.8 (27.0) | 4.4 (39.9) | 9.7 (49.5) | 14.4 (57.9) | 16.7 (62.1) | 15.1 (59.2) | 9.7 (49.5) | 1.7 (35.1) | −5.2 (22.6) | −12.3 (9.9) | 2.2 (36.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −29.1 (−20.4) | −27.7 (−17.9) | −22.4 (−8.3) | −7.8 (18.0) | −4.4 (24.1) | 5.5 (41.9) | 7.7 (45.9) | 5.3 (41.5) | −0.5 (31.1) | −14.7 (5.5) | −17.8 (0.0) | −28.1 (−18.6) | −29.1 (−20.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 2.2 (0.09) | 1.3 (0.05) | 4.0 (0.16) | 5.3 (0.21) | 13.0 (0.51) | 17.2 (0.68) | 26.7 (1.05) | 22.5 (0.89) | 17.5 (0.69) | 4.9 (0.19) | 1.9 (0.07) | 2.4 (0.09) | 118.9 (4.68) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 47.7 |
| Average snowy days | 3.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 18.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 54 | 42 | 38 | 32 | 36 | 44 | 52 | 56 | 58 | 52 | 54 | 57 | 48 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 218.5 | 220.8 | 256.0 | 270.5 | 294.4 | 285.7 | 276.7 | 269.7 | 248.7 | 261.4 | 233.1 | 217.0 | 3,052.5 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 72 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 62 | 64 | 68 | 77 | 79 | 74 | 70 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
