Raoyang County 饶阳县 Jaoyang | |
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.jpg) Raoyang Railway Station | |
 Raoyang in Hengshui | |
.png) Hengshui in Hebei | |
| Coordinates:38°14′10″N115°43′34″E / 38.236°N 115.726°E /38.236; 115.726 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Hengshui |
| County seat | Raoyang Town (饶阳镇) |
| Area | |
• Total | 573 km2 (221 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) |
| Population (2004)[citation needed] | |
• Total | 290,000 |
| • Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 053900 |
| Area code | 0318 |
Raoyang County (simplified Chinese:饶阳县;traditional Chinese:饒陽縣;pinyin:Ráoyáng Xiàn) is acounty in the southeast ofHebei province, China, served byG45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofHengshui, and, as of 2004[update], has a population of 290,000 residing in an area of 573 km2 (221 sq mi).
The county administers 4 towns and 3 townships.[1]
Towns:
Townships:
| Climate data for Raoyang, elevation 18 m (59 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) | 16.3 (61.3) | 23.4 (74.1) | 30.7 (87.3) | 34.0 (93.2) | 40.6 (105.1) | 40.5 (104.9) | 42.1 (107.8) | 38.6 (101.5) | 35.6 (96.1) | 31.1 (88.0) | 25.1 (77.2) | 19.1 (66.4) | 42.1 (107.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 7.1 (44.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 21.7 (71.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 31.9 (89.4) | 32.2 (90.0) | 30.4 (86.7) | 26.8 (80.2) | 20.4 (68.7) | 11.2 (52.2) | 4.2 (39.6) | 19.2 (66.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.4 (25.9) | 0.5 (32.9) | 7.5 (45.5) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 25.5 (77.9) | 27 (81) | 25.4 (77.7) | 20.5 (68.9) | 13.5 (56.3) | 5.0 (41.0) | −1.5 (29.3) | 13.0 (55.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.0 (17.6) | −4.4 (24.1) | 1.8 (35.2) | 8.9 (48.0) | 14.7 (58.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 22.7 (72.9) | 21.4 (70.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 8.4 (47.1) | 0.4 (32.7) | −5.6 (21.9) | 8.0 (46.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.0 (−2.2) | −17.5 (0.5) | −9.6 (14.7) | −1.4 (29.5) | 4.7 (40.5) | 10.4 (50.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 12.8 (55.0) | 4.8 (40.6) | −4.4 (24.1) | −17.0 (1.4) | −21.8 (−7.2) | −21.8 (−7.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 1.7 (0.07) | 5.3 (0.21) | 8.2 (0.32) | 25.7 (1.01) | 36.3 (1.43) | 56.9 (2.24) | 144.1 (5.67) | 104.1 (4.10) | 39.2 (1.54) | 25.9 (1.02) | 13.2 (0.52) | 2.9 (0.11) | 463.5 (18.24) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 62 |
| Average snowy days | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 10.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 59 | 54 | 50 | 53 | 57 | 60 | 75 | 80 | 74 | 69 | 67 | 63 | 63 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 176.7 | 176.6 | 231.7 | 249.3 | 272.9 | 238.7 | 198.8 | 196.5 | 206.5 | 202.0 | 168.7 | 167.7 | 2,486.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 58 | 58 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 54 | 44 | 47 | 56 | 59 | 56 | 57 | 56 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
