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Jiayu County 嘉鱼县 Kiayü | |
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 Panjiawan - on the Yangtze embankment | |
  Jiayu Location in Hubei | |
| Coordinates:30°03′N114°03′E / 30.050°N 114.050°E /30.050; 114.050 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture-level city | Xianning |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,018.4 km2 (393.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 285,642 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Jiayu County (simplified Chinese:嘉鱼县;traditional Chinese:嘉魚縣;pinyin:Jiāyú Xiàn) is a county of southeasternHubei province,People's Republic of China, located on the southeast (right) bank of theYangtze River. It is under the administration ofXianning City and has a land area of 1,018.4 square kilometres (393.2 sq mi), and a population of 285,642 in 2020.[1]
Jiayu County consists of eight towns:[2] Yuyue (鱼岳), Luxi (陆溪), Gaotieling (高铁岭), Guanqiao (官桥), Xinjie (新街), Panjiawan (潘家湾), Dupu (渡普), Paizhouwan (簰洲湾).
| Climate data for Jiayu, elevation 62 m (203 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.6 (74.5) | 29.7 (85.5) | 35.4 (95.7) | 36.3 (97.3) | 36.4 (97.5) | 38.2 (100.8) | 39.5 (103.1) | 40.2 (104.4) | 38.7 (101.7) | 35.2 (95.4) | 35.8 (96.4) | 25.6 (78.1) | 40.2 (104.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) | 11.5 (52.7) | 16.2 (61.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.3 (86.5) | 33.4 (92.1) | 32.8 (91.0) | 28.8 (83.8) | 23.3 (73.9) | 17.3 (63.1) | 11.1 (52.0) | 21.9 (71.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.8 (53.2) | 18.0 (64.4) | 22.7 (72.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 29.3 (84.7) | 28.6 (83.5) | 24.5 (76.1) | 18.9 (66.0) | 12.9 (55.2) | 7.1 (44.8) | 17.7 (63.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) | 4.5 (40.1) | 8.5 (47.3) | 14.3 (57.7) | 19.2 (66.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 26.1 (79.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 21.3 (70.3) | 15.7 (60.3) | 9.7 (49.5) | 4.1 (39.4) | 14.5 (58.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.3 (20.7) | −5.9 (21.4) | −1.3 (29.7) | 2.8 (37.0) | 10.5 (50.9) | 14.1 (57.4) | 19.4 (66.9) | 16.8 (62.2) | 12.1 (53.8) | 4.6 (40.3) | −1.6 (29.1) | −8.1 (17.4) | −8.1 (17.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 68.4 (2.69) | 81.8 (3.22) | 117.6 (4.63) | 170.0 (6.69) | 183.1 (7.21) | 247.4 (9.74) | 210.8 (8.30) | 121.1 (4.77) | 69.7 (2.74) | 77.7 (3.06) | 69.7 (2.74) | 39.9 (1.57) | 1,457.2 (57.36) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.3 | 12.0 | 14.6 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 135.4 |
| Average snowy days | 4.4 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 8.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 78 | 77 | 77 | 76 | 76 | 80 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 95.5 | 94.8 | 117.7 | 148.5 | 163.9 | 163.9 | 220.3 | 219.3 | 168.3 | 149.0 | 133.1 | 123.3 | 1,797.6 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 29 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 52 | 54 | 46 | 43 | 42 | 39 | 40 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||