Lin County 临县 | |
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 The town of Qikou | |
  Linxian Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates:37°58′N110°57′E / 37.967°N 110.950°E /37.967; 110.950 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Lüliang |
| Population (2020[1]) | 394,713 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Lin County orLinxian (simplified Chinese:临县;traditional Chinese:臨縣;pinyin:Lín Xiàn) is a county in the west ofShanxi province, China, borderingShaanxi province to the west. It is under the administration ofLüliang city.
| Climate data for Linxian, elevation 1,163 m (3,816 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) | 12.4 (54.3) | 19.6 (67.3) | 27.6 (81.7) | 35.6 (96.1) | 34.2 (93.6) | 39.5 (103.1) | 37.4 (99.3) | 35.0 (95.0) | 34.7 (94.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 22.0 (71.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) | 4.1 (39.4) | 11.1 (52.0) | 18.9 (66.0) | 24.3 (75.7) | 28.3 (82.9) | 29.3 (84.7) | 27.1 (80.8) | 22.3 (72.1) | 16.0 (60.8) | 8.0 (46.4) | 0.7 (33.3) | 15.8 (60.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) | −2.1 (28.2) | 4.6 (40.3) | 11.9 (53.4) | 17.4 (63.3) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 21.2 (70.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 9.9 (49.8) | 2.2 (36.0) | −5.0 (23.0) | 9.6 (49.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.1 (12.0) | −6.9 (19.6) | −0.9 (30.4) | 5.7 (42.3) | 11.1 (52.0) | 15.8 (60.4) | 18.1 (64.6) | 16.5 (61.7) | 11.4 (52.5) | 5.0 (41.0) | −2.3 (27.9) | −9.2 (15.4) | 4.4 (40.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.0 (−11.2) | −21.1 (−6.0) | −17.7 (0.1) | −6.9 (19.6) | 0.5 (32.9) | 4.8 (40.6) | 11.1 (52.0) | 8.1 (46.6) | −0.5 (31.1) | −9.5 (14.9) | −20.0 (−4.0) | −24.8 (−12.6) | −24.8 (−12.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 4.4 (0.17) | 6.6 (0.26) | 12.4 (0.49) | 26.0 (1.02) | 38.0 (1.50) | 62.3 (2.45) | 122.3 (4.81) | 124.1 (4.89) | 78.2 (3.08) | 36.6 (1.44) | 16.7 (0.66) | 4.1 (0.16) | 531.7 (20.93) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 9.3 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 78.3 |
| Average snowy days | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 16.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 48 | 44 | 38 | 37 | 41 | 50 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 59 | 54 | 50 | 52 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 193.1 | 185.0 | 221.5 | 243.1 | 272.7 | 255.6 | 241.3 | 227.2 | 205.4 | 209.1 | 187.5 | 191.4 | 2,632.9 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 63 | 60 | 59 | 61 | 62 | 58 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 62 | 65 | 60 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
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