Heishan County

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Heishan County
黑山县
Location in Jinzhou City
Location in Jinzhou City
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceLiaoning
Prefecture-level cityJinzhou
Elevation
23 m (74 ft)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
121400
Area code0416

Heishan (Chinese: 黑山; pinyin: Hēishān; lit. 'black mountain') is a county of north-central Liaoning, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration and occupies the northeastern corner of Jinzhou City.

Administrative divisions[1]

There are 17 towns, 6 townships, and 2 ethnic townships in the county.

Towns:

Townships:

Climate

Heishan has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa), characterised by hot, humid summers and long, cold and windy, but dry winters. The four seasons here are distinctive. A majority of the annual rainfall of 571 mm (22.5 in) occurs in July and August alone. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) in January to 24.0 °C (75.2 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 8.32 °C (47.0 °F). The frost-free period lasts an average 160 days.

Climate data for Heishan County (1971−2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 8.3
(46.9)
14.7
(58.5)
19.6
(67.3)
29.6
(85.3)
36.2
(97.2)
37.4
(99.3)
37.5
(99.5)
35.7
(96.3)
33.5
(92.3)
29.4
(84.9)
19.8
(67.6)
12.0
(53.6)
37.5
(99.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −3.9
(25.0)
0.0
(32.0)
7.3
(45.1)
16.4
(61.5)
23.1
(73.6)
27.0
(80.6)
28.4
(83.1)
28.1
(82.6)
24.0
(75.2)
16.3
(61.3)
6.2
(43.2)
−1.2
(29.8)
14.3
(57.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −10.0
(14.0)
−6.4
(20.5)
0.9
(33.6)
9.6
(49.3)
16.7
(62.1)
21.4
(70.5)
24.0
(75.2)
23.1
(73.6)
17.5
(63.5)
9.8
(49.6)
0.3
(32.5)
−7.1
(19.2)
8.3
(46.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −15.2
(4.6)
−11.9
(10.6)
−5
(23)
3.4
(38.1)
10.6
(51.1)
16.3
(61.3)
20.1
(68.2)
18.7
(65.7)
11.8
(53.2)
4.2
(39.6)
−4.6
(23.7)
−11.9
(10.6)
3.0
(37.5)
Record low °C (°F) −27.0
(−16.6)
−24.7
(−12.5)
−21.5
(−6.7)
−8.5
(16.7)
0.3
(32.5)
6.8
(44.2)
12.2
(54.0)
5.5
(41.9)
−0.6
(30.9)
−7.9
(17.8)
−19.0
(−2.2)
−25.1
(−13.2)
−27.0
(−16.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2.6
(0.10)
2.3
(0.09)
9.6
(0.38)
30.5
(1.20)
45.5
(1.79)
82.8
(3.26)
159.4
(6.28)
130.1
(5.12)
66.0
(2.60)
27.7
(1.09)
11.5
(0.45)
3.2
(0.13)
571.2
(22.49)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.8 1.9 3.4 6.3 7.8 11.1 11.7 10.1 6.8 4.9 2.9 1.9 70.6
Source: Weather China

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