Guidong County 桂东县 Kweitung | |
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  Guidong Location of the seat in Hunan | |
| Coordinates:26°04′37″N113°56′38″E / 26.077°N 113.944°E /26.077; 113.944[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Chenzhou |
| Seat | Oujiang |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 4235XX |
Guidong County (simplified Chinese:桂东县;traditional Chinese:桂東縣;pinyin:Guìdōng Xiàn) is acounty inHunan Province, China, borderingJiangxi province to the east. It is under the administration ofChenzhou prefecture-level City.
Located on the southeastern margin of the province, it is the easternmostcounty-level division of Chenzhou City. The county is bordered to the north byYanling County, to the west byZixing City, to the south byRucheng County, and to the east bySuichuan,Shangyou andChongyi Counties ofJiangxi. Guidong County covers an area of 1,451.6 km2 (560.5 sq mi), and as of 2015, it had a permanent resident population of 232,700.[2] The county has seventowns and fourtownships under its jurisdiction, and thecounty seat isOujiang (沤江镇).[3]
Guidong County belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate zone, no summer heat, no winter cold, warm and humid, four seasons. In spring, the southeast wind into the cold and warm air masses fronts in the territory of the confrontation hovering, insufficient light, cloudy temperature and rain. In summer, controlled by the low latitude ocean warm and humid air masses, high temperature and rainy, prevailing south wind. However, the territory is high in altitude, mountainous, and has good vegetation, so the summer dollar heat. Under the influence of typhoons, there are sometimes torrential rains. In autumn, the cold air invasion, the temperature drops, cold air activity is frequent, less rain, often high autumn weather. Occasionally, it is affected by typhoons and there are heavy rainfalls from time to time. In winter, under the control of dry and cold air masses from the north, there are often cold currents intruding from Siberia and the Mongolian Plateau, but because of the high mountains, the terrain is tilted to the south, and thus the winter is not too cold.[4]
| Climate data for Guidong, elevation 836 m (2,743 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) | 23.7 (74.7) | 26.8 (80.2) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.8 (89.2) | 33.5 (92.3) | 35.7 (96.3) | 36.7 (98.1) | 34.4 (93.9) | 32.4 (90.3) | 30.0 (86.0) | 24.5 (76.1) | 36.7 (98.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) | 13.9 (57.0) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 25.4 (77.7) | 27.6 (81.7) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.5 (85.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 23.4 (74.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 14.2 (57.6) | 21.7 (71.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.8 (53.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 24.5 (76.1) | 23.6 (74.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 12.3 (54.1) | 7.3 (45.1) | 16.1 (60.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) | 4.9 (40.8) | 8.3 (46.9) | 13.1 (55.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.2 (68.4) | 17.6 (63.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 7.9 (46.2) | 3.2 (37.8) | 12.4 (54.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) | −6.4 (20.5) | −5.2 (22.6) | −0.4 (31.3) | 5.6 (42.1) | 8.1 (46.6) | 15.0 (59.0) | 13.1 (55.6) | 7.6 (45.7) | −0.7 (30.7) | −4.4 (24.1) | −9.5 (14.9) | −9.5 (14.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 77.1 (3.04) | 100.1 (3.94) | 175.6 (6.91) | 171.0 (6.73) | 207.7 (8.18) | 266.4 (10.49) | 186.6 (7.35) | 250.9 (9.88) | 132.7 (5.22) | 59.3 (2.33) | 76.5 (3.01) | 60.1 (2.37) | 1,764 (69.45) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.9 | 14.4 | 20.2 | 17.9 | 19.8 | 20.2 | 16.3 | 19.8 | 14.2 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 183.9 |
| Average snowy days | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 83 | 83 | 85 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 82 | 85 | 84 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 83 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 84.4 | 76.0 | 69.5 | 92.0 | 103.1 | 103.8 | 172.2 | 149.0 | 132.8 | 146.7 | 138.1 | 127.9 | 1,395.5 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 25 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 41 | 37 | 36 | 41 | 43 | 39 | 32 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
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