Wenxi County 闻喜县 Wensi | |
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 Location in Yuncheng | |
  Wenxi Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates:35°23′24″N111°18′27″E / 35.39000°N 111.30750°E /35.39000; 111.30750 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Yuncheng |
| Population (2020) | 355,269 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Wenxi County (simplified Chinese:闻喜县;traditional Chinese:聞喜縣;pinyin:Wénxǐ Xiàn) is a county in southwesternShanxi province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city ofYuncheng. As of 2020, it had a population of roughly 350,000.
The nameWenxi, which means "hearing the glad news", was used as the county name in 111 BC whenEmperor Wu of Han, who on his royal progress at this place, heard Han's decisive victory in theHan–Nanyue War.
| Climate data for Wenxi, elevation 468 m (1,535 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) | 16.6 (61.9) | 23.3 (73.9) | 28.3 (82.9) | 35.0 (95.0) | 38.0 (100.4) | 39.9 (103.8) | 40.9 (105.6) | 38.7 (101.7) | 38.0 (100.4) | 32.4 (90.3) | 26.5 (79.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 40.9 (105.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) | 9.5 (49.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 22.1 (71.8) | 27.0 (80.6) | 31.5 (88.7) | 32.3 (90.1) | 30.5 (86.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 12.7 (54.9) | 6.3 (43.3) | 19.9 (67.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) | 2.5 (36.5) | 8.5 (47.3) | 14.8 (58.6) | 19.8 (67.6) | 24.8 (76.6) | 26.6 (79.9) | 24.8 (76.6) | 19.7 (67.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 5.8 (42.4) | −0.4 (31.3) | 13.2 (55.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) | −2.8 (27.0) | 2.4 (36.3) | 7.9 (46.2) | 12.7 (54.9) | 18.1 (64.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 8.1 (46.6) | 0.7 (33.3) | −5.4 (22.3) | 7.6 (45.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.1 (1.2) | −18.7 (−1.7) | −11.5 (11.3) | −4.4 (24.1) | −0.2 (31.6) | 8.3 (46.9) | 14.2 (57.6) | 11.5 (52.7) | 1.9 (35.4) | −6.3 (20.7) | −12.9 (8.8) | −19.4 (−2.9) | −19.4 (−2.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 4.4 (0.17) | 8.0 (0.31) | 13.8 (0.54) | 32.6 (1.28) | 48.8 (1.92) | 57.4 (2.26) | 86.2 (3.39) | 86.5 (3.41) | 71.6 (2.82) | 46.5 (1.83) | 19.8 (0.78) | 3.5 (0.14) | 479.1 (18.85) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 74.7 |
| Average snowy days | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 12 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 59 | 57 | 55 | 59 | 61 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 76 | 74 | 70 | 62 | 65 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 147.1 | 151.7 | 188.0 | 219.7 | 238.9 | 226.5 | 224.9 | 201.0 | 161.3 | 157.6 | 146.7 | 149.6 | 2,213 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 47 | 49 | 50 | 56 | 55 | 52 | 51 | 49 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
In June 2022, archaeologists announced a discovery of a 2.8 centimetres (1.1 in) long, 5,200-year-old stone carvingchrysalis in a semi-crypt house at the Shangguo Site in the city ofYuncheng, Wenxi County. Archaeologists theorised that this house may have belonged to theYangshao culture period, based on the unearthed pottery pieces. According to archaeologist Tian Jianwen, discovery of stone carving chrysalises provided significant information for the study of thesilkworm culture and sericulture in China.[3][4]
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