Pingxiang County 平乡县 | |
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 Pingxiang in Xingtai | |
.png) Xingtai in Hebei | |
| Coordinates:37°03′47″N115°01′48″E / 37.063°N 115.030°E /37.063; 115.030 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Xingtai |
| County seat | Fengzhou Town (丰州镇) |
| Area | |
• Total | 406 km2 (157 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 34 m (111 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 280,000 |
| • Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 054500 |
Pingxiang County (simplified Chinese:平乡县;traditional Chinese:平鄉縣;pinyin:Píngxiāng Xiàn) is acounty under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofXingtai, in the south ofHebei province, China, located about 45 km (28 mi) from downtown Xingtai. It has a population of 280,000[when?] residing in an area of 406 km2 (157 sq mi). In theHan dynasty, Pingxiang County was known as Julu County (钜鹿县) and was the site of theBattle of Julu in 207 BC, as well as being the birthplace ofZhang Jue and his brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, who started theYellow Turban Rebellion in the 180s.
Pingxiang consists of 3 towns and 4 townships.[1]
Towns:
Townships:
| Climate data for Pingxiang, elevation 34 m (112 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) | 18.7 (65.7) | 25.2 (77.4) | 31.3 (88.3) | 36.6 (97.9) | 41.1 (106.0) | 41.8 (107.2) | 41.7 (107.1) | 38.4 (101.1) | 38.5 (101.3) | 32.9 (91.2) | 27.4 (81.3) | 24.2 (75.6) | 41.8 (107.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) | 8.1 (46.6) | 15.1 (59.2) | 22.0 (71.6) | 27.8 (82.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.4 (90.3) | 30.6 (87.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 12.3 (54.1) | 5.3 (41.5) | 19.9 (67.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) | 1.5 (34.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 15.3 (59.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 26.1 (79.0) | 27.3 (81.1) | 25.6 (78.1) | 20.9 (69.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 5.9 (42.6) | −0.6 (30.9) | 13.6 (56.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.1 (19.2) | −3.6 (25.5) | 2.5 (36.5) | 9.1 (48.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.2 (68.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 21.5 (70.7) | 16.0 (60.8) | 9.0 (48.2) | 1.0 (33.8) | −4.9 (23.2) | 8.5 (47.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.8 (−5.4) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −9.5 (14.9) | −1.8 (28.8) | 3.5 (38.3) | 9.2 (48.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 12.9 (55.2) | 5.0 (41.0) | −3.5 (25.7) | −17.6 (0.3) | −19.7 (−3.5) | −20.8 (−5.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 2.5 (0.10) | 6.5 (0.26) | 8.6 (0.34) | 24.0 (0.94) | 41.6 (1.64) | 62.7 (2.47) | 130.3 (5.13) | 107.3 (4.22) | 45.5 (1.79) | 25.5 (1.00) | 13.9 (0.55) | 3.1 (0.12) | 471.5 (18.56) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.6 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 64.3 |
| Average snowy days | 2.3 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 9.8 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 61 | 57 | 53 | 59 | 61 | 61 | 77 | 82 | 76 | 69 | 69 | 66 | 66 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 150.4 | 157.2 | 210.1 | 231.0 | 264.9 | 233.4 | 200.3 | 201.5 | 187.6 | 184.3 | 151.6 | 146.7 | 2,319 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 49 | 51 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 53 | 45 | 49 | 51 | 54 | 50 | 49 | 52 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
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