Shixing County
Shixing
始兴县 Chihing | |
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 Mantang Wei (满堂围), a fortified Hakka settlement in Aizi, Shixing County | |
 Location of Shixing in Shaoguan (grey); Shaoguan in Guangdong (yellow) | |
| Coordinates: 24°50′33″N 114°08′37″E / 24.84250°N 114.14361°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Shaoguan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,174 km2 (839 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Shixing County (postal: Chihing; simplified Chinese: 始兴县; traditional Chinese: 始興縣; pinyin: Shǐxìng Xiàn) is a county of Shaoguan, Guangdong province, China, bordering Jiangxi province to the east. The native variety of Chinese in the area is Hakka.
Climate
| Climate data for Shixing (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.7 (81.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.7 (94.5) |
36.1 (97.0) |
37.5 (99.5) |
39.9 (103.8) |
40.4 (104.7) |
38.2 (100.8) |
36.0 (96.8) |
33.6 (92.5) |
29.9 (85.8) |
40.4 (104.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.9 (66.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
28.7 (83.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.5 (92.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
27.3 (81.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
24.9 (76.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.1 (82.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
19.8 (67.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.9 (53.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
16.3 (61.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
5.6 (42.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65.2 (2.57) |
108.7 (4.28) |
173.4 (6.83) |
214.8 (8.46) |
235.9 (9.29) |
208.5 (8.21) |
138.1 (5.44) |
156.0 (6.14) |
118.6 (4.67) |
46.2 (1.82) |
49.8 (1.96) |
39.2 (1.54) |
1,554.4 (61.21) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 79 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
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