Pingyuan County 平原县 | |
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 Pingyuan in Dezhou | |
 Dezhou in Shandong | |
| Coordinates:37°09′55″N116°26′03″E / 37.1653°N 116.4341°E /37.1653; 116.4341 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Dezhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,047 km2 (404 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
• Total | 447,000 |
| • Density | 427/km2 (1,110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 253100 |
Pingyuan County (simplified Chinese:平原县;traditional Chinese:平原縣;pinyin:Píngyuán Xiàn) is a county in the northwest ofShandong province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by theprefecture-level city ofDezhou. It has an area of 1,050 square kilometres (410 sq mi).
At the end of theHan dynasty,Liu Bei began his political career as prefect ofPingyuan Commandery. The town was one of the starts for the anti-WesternBoxer Rebellion.
The population was 437,584 in 1999.[3]
As of 2012[update], this County is divided to 2 subdistricts, 7 towns and 3 townships.[4]
| Climate data for Pingyuan, elevation 23 m (75 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 29.0 (84.2) | 32.6 (90.7) | 37.7 (99.9) | 41.1 (106.0) | 41.7 (107.1) | 36.5 (97.7) | 36.2 (97.2) | 32.1 (89.8) | 25.3 (77.5) | 15.6 (60.1) | 41.7 (107.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) | 7.6 (45.7) | 14.2 (57.6) | 20.8 (69.4) | 26.6 (79.9) | 31.7 (89.1) | 32.0 (89.6) | 30.4 (86.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 12.2 (54.0) | 5.2 (41.4) | 19.4 (66.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) | 1.6 (34.9) | 7.9 (46.2) | 14.6 (58.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 25.5 (77.9) | 27.1 (80.8) | 25.6 (78.1) | 20.9 (69.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 6.4 (43.5) | −0.1 (31.8) | 13.5 (56.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) | −2.9 (26.8) | 2.8 (37.0) | 9.1 (48.4) | 14.8 (58.6) | 20.0 (68.0) | 23.0 (73.4) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.2 (61.2) | 9.4 (48.9) | 2.1 (35.8) | −3.9 (25.0) | 8.9 (48.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.8 (−1.8) | −13.9 (7.0) | −8.4 (16.9) | −2.1 (28.2) | 4.9 (40.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 16.8 (62.2) | 12.9 (55.2) | 5.4 (41.7) | −1.9 (28.6) | −14.7 (5.5) | −16.8 (1.8) | −18.8 (−1.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 3.4 (0.13) | 9.2 (0.36) | 8.8 (0.35) | 28.8 (1.13) | 44.2 (1.74) | 75.3 (2.96) | 161.4 (6.35) | 145.7 (5.74) | 40.4 (1.59) | 29.3 (1.15) | 16.3 (0.64) | 4.2 (0.17) | 567 (22.31) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 64.4 |
| Average snowy days | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 59 | 55 | 53 | 58 | 63 | 62 | 77 | 82 | 75 | 68 | 66 | 63 | 65 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 167.5 | 167.2 | 220.7 | 241.5 | 270.9 | 240.3 | 203.9 | 199.7 | 198.1 | 195.7 | 161.7 | 156.7 | 2,423.9 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 54 | 54 | 59 | 61 | 62 | 55 | 46 | 48 | 54 | 57 | 54 | 53 | 55 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
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