Dongfang, Hainan
| Dongfang 东方 |
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| — County-level city — | |
| 东方市 | |
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 Dongfang
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| Coordinates: 19°06′N 108°39′E / 19.1°N 108.65°ECoordinates: 19°06′N 108°39′E / 19.1°N 108.65°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,256 km2 (871 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (35 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 435,000 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 572600 |
| Area code(s) | 0898 |
| Licence plates | 琼D |
| Website | http://dongfang.hainan.gov.cn |
Dongfang (simplified Chinese: 东方; traditional Chinese: 東方; pinyin: Dōngfāng; literally "the East") is one of the 7 county-level cities of Hainan Province, People's Republic of China. It is located on the western coast of Hainan Island facing Vietnam across the Gulf of Tonkin, and in 2004 had a population of 435,000.
[edit] Climate
Dongfang has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen Aw).[1] Monsoonal influences are strong, and the two seasons are the wet season and the dry season (November to April), where little rainfall occurs (January to March). Rainfall is heaviest and most frequent from August to October, when typhoons may strike, and averages an annual total of 960 millimetres (38 in), lower than many locations on the island. The city receives ample sunshine, amounting to 2560 hours annually.
| Climate data for Dongfang (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.2 (88.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
24.3 (75.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.7 (83.7) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
27.6 (81.7) |
25.8 (78.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
25.00 (77.00) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 7.6 (0.299) |
14.2 (0.559) |
17.4 (0.685) |
30.0 (1.181) |
88.3 (3.476) |
146.8 (5.78) |
140.2 (5.52) |
176.2 (6.937) |
170.9 (6.728) |
129.3 (5.091) |
26.5 (1.043) |
13.9 (0.547) |
961.3 (37.846) |
| % humidity | 81 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 77 | 79.4 |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 85.7 |
| Sunshine hours | 179.2 | 147.6 | 185.3 | 213.9 | 270.6 | 244.2 | 263.5 | 236.1 | 217.2 | 211.2 | 202.2 | 187.0 | 2,558.0 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Peel, M. C. and Finlayson, B. L. and McMahon, T. A. (2007). Updated Asian Map of the Koppen climate classification system. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633-1644.
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