Taixing 泰兴市 Taihing | |
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  Taixing Location in Jiangsu | |
| Coordinates:32°09′32″N120°01′44″E / 32.159°N 120.029°E /32.159; 120.029[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Taizhou |
| Area (2008)[2] | |
• Total | 1,172 km2 (453 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 994,445 |
| • Density | 848.5/km2 (2,198/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 225400 |
Taixing (simplified Chinese:泰兴;traditional Chinese:泰興;pinyin:Tàixīng) is acounty-level city under the administration ofTaizhou,Jiangsu province, China. It is located in the Yangtze River Delta, bordering theprefecture-level cities ofNantong to the east,Changzhou to the southwest, andZhenjiang to the west.
The southern Hailin county was taken away to create Taixing in 938, administered by Taizhou. It was under the jurisdiction ofYangzhou during the era of Yuan and Ming, but was transferred toTongzhou later.[3] It was returned to Yangzhou in 1953, and became a county-level city in 1992. It was transferred to Taizhou in 1996.[2]
At present, Taixing City has one subdistrict, 14 towns, and one township.[4]
| Climate data for Taixing, elevation 6 m (20 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) | 21.1 (70.0) | 26.2 (79.2) | 33.1 (91.6) | 34.8 (94.6) | 35.8 (96.4) | 38.2 (100.8) | 38.8 (101.8) | 39.7 (103.5) | 37.9 (100.2) | 32.2 (90.0) | 28.6 (83.5) | 22.4 (72.3) | 39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) | 9.5 (49.1) | 15.3 (59.5) | 21.6 (70.9) | 26.5 (79.7) | 28.9 (84.0) | 32.4 (90.3) | 32.5 (90.5) | 27.7 (81.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 16.8 (62.2) | 9.7 (49.5) | 20.9 (69.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) | 5.2 (41.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 24.6 (76.3) | 28.4 (83.1) | 28.3 (82.9) | 23.6 (74.5) | 18.2 (64.8) | 12.5 (54.5) | 5.6 (42.1) | 16.5 (61.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) | 1.8 (35.2) | 6.1 (43.0) | 11.3 (52.3) | 17.0 (62.6) | 21.2 (70.2) | 25.3 (77.5) | 25.2 (77.4) | 20.4 (68.7) | 14.7 (58.5) | 9.1 (48.4) | 2.3 (36.1) | 12.9 (55.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.8 (14.4) | −9.5 (14.9) | −5.6 (21.9) | 0.3 (32.5) | 6.8 (44.2) | 12.3 (54.1) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.2 (63.0) | 9.9 (49.8) | 1.6 (34.9) | −4.1 (24.6) | −10.7 (12.7) | −10.7 (12.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 53.6 (2.11) | 50.5 (1.99) | 73.3 (2.89) | 69.4 (2.73) | 86.8 (3.42) | 176.2 (6.94) | 179.1 (7.05) | 162.0 (6.38) | 85.8 (3.38) | 54.2 (2.13) | 53.3 (2.10) | 36.5 (1.44) | 1,080.7 (42.56) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.1 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 11.6 | 13.0 | 11.9 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 115.5 |
| Average snowy days | 3.2 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 8.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 73 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 74 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 125.1 | 126.0 | 152.5 | 180.5 | 190.3 | 146.3 | 190.5 | 198.5 | 168.7 | 171.3 | 142.6 | 136.7 | 1,929 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 39 | 40 | 41 | 46 | 44 | 35 | 44 | 49 | 46 | 49 | 46 | 44 | 44 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] all-time January high[7] | |||||||||||||
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