Wen County 温县 | |
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 Wen County in Jiaozuo | |
 Jiaozuo in Henan | |
| Coordinates:34°56′23″N113°04′51″E / 34.9397°N 113.0807°E /34.9397; 113.0807 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Prefecture-level city | Jiaozuo |
| Area | |
• Total | 462 km2 (178 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
• Total | 420,900 |
| • Density | 911/km2 (2,360/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 454850 |
Wen County orWenxian (simplified Chinese:温县;traditional Chinese:溫縣;pinyin:Wēn Xiàn) is a county under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofJiaozuo, in the northwest ofHenan Province.
Wen County lies on the left or north bank of theYellow River, opposite the county-level cities ofGongyi andXingyang in theZhengzhou municipality. On all other sides the county is bordered by constituent parts of Jiaozuo: upriver to its west liesMengzhou City, inland to its northQinyang City andBo'ai County, downriver to its eastWuzhi County.
| Climate data for Wenxian, elevation 106 m (348 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) | 20.0 (68.0) | 23.5 (74.3) | 29.6 (85.3) | 37.2 (99.0) | 41.2 (106.2) | 43.4 (110.1) | 42.3 (108.1) | 39.2 (102.6) | 38.2 (100.8) | 34.3 (93.7) | 28.3 (82.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 43.4 (110.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) | 10.0 (50.0) | 15.8 (60.4) | 22.5 (72.5) | 27.9 (82.2) | 32.7 (90.9) | 32.5 (90.5) | 30.8 (87.4) | 27.2 (81.0) | 21.8 (71.2) | 14.3 (57.7) | 8.1 (46.6) | 20.8 (69.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) | 4.0 (39.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 16.0 (60.8) | 21.5 (70.7) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.5 (81.5) | 25.9 (78.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 15.8 (60.4) | 8.6 (47.5) | 2.6 (36.7) | 15.0 (59.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) | −0.6 (30.9) | 4.3 (39.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 15.7 (60.3) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 11.2 (52.2) | 4.2 (39.6) | −1.6 (29.1) | 10.3 (50.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.2 (8.2) | −13.8 (7.2) | −5.8 (21.6) | −1.1 (30.0) | 5.2 (41.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 16.7 (62.1) | 11.9 (53.4) | 6.6 (43.9) | −1.4 (29.5) | −9.6 (14.7) | −10.6 (12.9) | −13.8 (7.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 9.1 (0.36) | 10.8 (0.43) | 18.8 (0.74) | 31.1 (1.22) | 49.2 (1.94) | 65.6 (2.58) | 107.8 (4.24) | 97.8 (3.85) | 65.6 (2.58) | 35.7 (1.41) | 23.5 (0.93) | 6.2 (0.24) | 521.2 (20.52) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 75.2 |
| Average snowy days | 4.0 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 12.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 59 | 59 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 76 | 80 | 76 | 69 | 66 | 59 | 66 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 136.6 | 146.6 | 188.3 | 219.9 | 238.4 | 222.3 | 197.4 | 193.6 | 166.8 | 164.3 | 153.3 | 146.5 | 2,174 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 44 | 47 | 50 | 56 | 55 | 51 | 45 | 47 | 45 | 48 | 50 | 48 | 49 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] all-time January high[5] all-time extreme temperature[6] | |||||||||||||
The county comprises 7 towns and 3 townships, overseeing 262village committees and 5 neighbourhoods (社区;shèqū). The county executive, legislature andjudiciary are inWenquan (温泉镇), together with theCPC andPSB branches. Address for executive: #55 Huanghe Rd (黄河路55号).[7]
