Sixian 泗县 | |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| Prefecture-level city | Suzhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,787 km2 (690 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 851,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 234300 |
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 Si ("Su"), Sixian's imperial predecessor, shown as a subprefecture ofFengyang inMartino Martini's 1655Novus Atlas Sinensis | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 泗縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 泗县 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Si RiverCounty Si Rivercounty seat | ||||||||
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Si County orSixian is acounty in northeastAnhui Province,China. It borders the northern part ofJiangsu Province to the north and east and is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofSuzhou.
Si County is named for theSi River and preserves the name of the earlierSi Prefecture and Subprefecture which administered the area during theimperial period, sometimes from Si County and sometimes from nearby areas in what is now Jiangsu.
In the present, Si County has 12 towns and 3 townships.[1]
| Climate data for Sixian, elevation 18 m (59 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) | 19.3 (66.7) | 26.9 (80.4) | 33.4 (92.1) | 33.2 (91.8) | 37.9 (100.2) | 38.6 (101.5) | 41.7 (107.1) | 38.2 (100.8) | 36.4 (97.5) | 34.6 (94.3) | 28.6 (83.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 41.7 (107.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) | 9.3 (48.7) | 14.6 (58.3) | 21.1 (70.0) | 26.4 (79.5) | 30.2 (86.4) | 31.9 (89.4) | 31.0 (87.8) | 27.4 (81.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 15.3 (59.5) | 8.6 (47.5) | 20.4 (68.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) | 4.2 (39.6) | 9.2 (48.6) | 15.5 (59.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 25.1 (77.2) | 27.7 (81.9) | 26.8 (80.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 16.8 (62.2) | 10.0 (50.0) | 3.5 (38.3) | 15.3 (59.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.2 (28.0) | 0.2 (32.4) | 4.6 (40.3) | 10.4 (50.7) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.7 (69.3) | 24.3 (75.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 18.8 (65.8) | 12.5 (54.5) | 5.8 (42.4) | −0.3 (31.5) | 11.2 (52.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.5 (−1.3) | −17.4 (0.7) | −9.3 (15.3) | −1.5 (29.3) | 4.4 (39.9) | 11.5 (52.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 15.0 (59.0) | 8.2 (46.8) | −0.5 (31.1) | −8.3 (17.1) | −19.6 (−3.3) | −19.6 (−3.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 26.8 (1.06) | 30.6 (1.20) | 46.0 (1.81) | 48.3 (1.90) | 76.0 (2.99) | 132.8 (5.23) | 210.0 (8.27) | 158.0 (6.22) | 81.8 (3.22) | 52.5 (2.07) | 40.2 (1.58) | 21.2 (0.83) | 924.2 (36.38) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 13.2 | 11.7 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 95.9 |
| Average snowy days | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 9.5 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 70 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 82 | 83 | 79 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 73 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 139.6 | 140.7 | 173.7 | 201.1 | 204.4 | 178.4 | 191.7 | 192.1 | 178.0 | 177.2 | 151.8 | 151.5 | 2,080.2 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 44 | 45 | 47 | 51 | 47 | 42 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 47 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
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