Hulin 虎林市 | |
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Location of the city | |
| Coordinates:45°46′N132°56′E / 45.767°N 132.933°E /45.767; 132.933 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Heilongjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Jixi |
| Municipal seat | Hulin Town (虎林镇) |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,328.71 km2 (3,601.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 85 m (279 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 317,884 |
| • Density | 34.0759/km2 (88.2561/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 230381 |
| Climate | Dwb |
| Website | hljhulin |
Hulin (Chinese:虎林;pinyin:Hǔlín;lit. 'tiger forest') is acounty-level city on theMuling River in southeasternHeilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. With a population of around 200,000, it is under the administration ofJixi. Nearby areLake Xingkai, 51 kilometres (32 mi) to the southwest, theUsuri River, which forms the Russian border 38 kilometres (24 mi) to the east. The main agricultural products include soybeans, cattle, milk, various organic produces, and lumber.[1]

Hulin has amonsoon-influencedhumid continental climate (KöppenDwb), with long, bitterly cold, but dry winters, and warm, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −17.9 °C (0 °F) in January to 21.5 °C (71 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 3.8 °C (38.8 °F). More than 2/3 of the year's precipitation occurs from June to September.
| Climate data for Hulin, elevation 98 m (322 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) | 7.9 (46.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 26.2 (79.2) | 32.0 (89.6) | 38.2 (100.8) | 35.2 (95.4) | 34.7 (94.5) | 32.1 (89.8) | 25.2 (77.4) | 17.4 (63.3) | 5.0 (41.0) | 38.2 (100.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −12.3 (9.9) | −7.2 (19.0) | 1.3 (34.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.6 (78.1) | 20.9 (69.6) | 12.2 (54.0) | −0.4 (31.3) | −10.4 (13.3) | 9.2 (48.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.5 (0.5) | −12.8 (9.0) | −3.7 (25.3) | 6.0 (42.8) | 13.5 (56.3) | 18.7 (65.7) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.0 (69.8) | 15.1 (59.2) | 6.5 (43.7) | −5.0 (23.0) | −15.2 (4.6) | 4.0 (39.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −22.3 (−8.1) | −18.3 (−0.9) | −8.7 (16.3) | 0.8 (33.4) | 8.2 (46.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 1.5 (34.7) | −9.4 (15.1) | −19.7 (−3.5) | −0.7 (30.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34.7 (−30.5) | −32.2 (−26.0) | −30.3 (−22.5) | −11.0 (12.2) | −3.4 (25.9) | 5.0 (41.0) | 10.6 (51.1) | 6.1 (43.0) | −2.6 (27.3) | −14.4 (6.1) | −27.6 (−17.7) | −32.2 (−26.0) | −34.7 (−30.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 9.2 (0.36) | 7.4 (0.29) | 20.6 (0.81) | 34.2 (1.35) | 68.0 (2.68) | 83.0 (3.27) | 120.7 (4.75) | 119.4 (4.70) | 69.4 (2.73) | 47.7 (1.88) | 23.7 (0.93) | 15.1 (0.59) | 618.4 (24.34) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.8 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 116.8 |
| Average snowy days | 10.1 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 12.1 | 58.8 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 70 | 66 | 63 | 61 | 65 | 75 | 81 | 82 | 76 | 67 | 67 | 71 | 70 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 171.6 | 195.5 | 238.8 | 226.6 | 242.2 | 230.2 | 223.1 | 221.1 | 225.0 | 196.4 | 162.1 | 148.8 | 2,481.4 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 61 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 52 | 49 | 47 | 51 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 55 | 57 |
| Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] All-time Oct extreme[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[5] | |||||||||||||
Hulin City is divided into 7 towns and 4 townships.[6]