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Jieshou 界首市 Kieshu | |
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 Interactive map of Jieshou | |
| Coordinates:33°15′25″N115°22′29″E / 33.2570°N 115.3746°E /33.2570; 115.3746 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| Prefecture-level city | Fuyang |
| Area | |
• Total | 667.3 km2 (257.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Population (2019) | 834,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal Code | 236500 |
Jieshou (Chinese:界首;pinyin:Jièshǒu) is acounty-level city under the administration ofFuyang City, located on the Huang-Huai Plain in northwesternAnhui province,People's Republic of China. Jieshou, an important commercial port and gateway, bordersHenan Province on the west and theYing River, a major tributary of theHuai River flows in a southeasterly direction across the county to Fuyang. According to the "China Statistical Yearbook" the population of Jieshou city stood at 109,103 in 2010,[1] whileGeoNames, puts the population at over 140,000 inhabitants.[2] Covering a total area of 667 square kilometers, the county-level city comprises three urban sub-districts of Jieshou, and in the surrounding rural area a further 15 towns and townships make up the total population of 740,000.[3]
During theQing dynasty Jieshou was part of theYingzhou Prefecture.
In the present, Jieshou City has 3 sub-districts, 12 towns, and 3 townships.[4]
| Climate data for Jieshou, elevation 38 m (125 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) | 19.4 (66.9) | 26.4 (79.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 33.7 (92.7) | 37.8 (100.0) | 39.4 (102.9) | 40.7 (105.3) | 39.1 (102.4) | 38.8 (101.8) | 35.2 (95.4) | 28.1 (82.6) | 21.4 (70.5) | 40.7 (105.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.5 (49.1) | 15.9 (60.6) | 21.6 (70.9) | 27.0 (80.6) | 31.4 (88.5) | 32.2 (90.0) | 31.3 (88.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 22.6 (72.7) | 14.8 (58.6) | 8.9 (48.0) | 20.7 (69.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) | 4.2 (39.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 15.6 (60.1) | 21.2 (70.2) | 25.7 (78.3) | 27.6 (81.7) | 26.6 (79.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 9.6 (49.3) | 3.4 (38.1) | 15.3 (59.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) | 0.3 (32.5) | 5.3 (41.5) | 10.2 (50.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.1 (73.6) | 18.0 (64.4) | 12.3 (54.1) | 5.5 (41.9) | −0.6 (30.9) | 11.0 (51.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.4 (9.7) | −11.4 (11.5) | −5.0 (23.0) | −1.2 (29.8) | 4.4 (39.9) | 11.3 (52.3) | 17.3 (63.1) | 14.0 (57.2) | 8.1 (46.6) | 0.8 (33.4) | −8.4 (16.9) | −14.7 (5.5) | −14.7 (5.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 21.7 (0.85) | 24.4 (0.96) | 40.2 (1.58) | 53.3 (2.10) | 80.5 (3.17) | 132.5 (5.22) | 196.6 (7.74) | 143.0 (5.63) | 77.2 (3.04) | 55.9 (2.20) | 39.5 (1.56) | 19.3 (0.76) | 884.1 (34.81) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.4 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 92.1 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 71 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 81 | 84 | 79 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 74 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 124.9 | 130.7 | 167.5 | 199.9 | 207.9 | 196.7 | 205.9 | 190.6 | 165.7 | 161.3 | 148.5 | 134.0 | 2,033.6 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 39 | 42 | 45 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 43 | 46 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||