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Zamthang County

Coordinates: 32°15′56″N 100°58′43″E / 32.26556°N 100.97861°E / 32.26556; 100.97861
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Zamtang County
壤塘县 · འཛམ་ཐང་རྫོང་།
Location of Zamtang County (red) within Ngawa Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Location of Zamtang County (red) within Ngawa Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureNgawa
Area
 • Total6,836 km2 (2,639 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Zamtang County or Ndzamthang County (Tibetan: འཛམ་ཐང་རྫོང་།, Wylie: dzam thang rdzong, ZYPY: Camtang Zong), or Rangtang County (Chinese: 壤塘县; pinyin: Rǎngtáng Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Qinghai Province to the north. It is the westernmost county-level division of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.

Climate

Climate data for Zamtang (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 19.0
(66.2)
20.5
(68.9)
23.8
(74.8)
26.5
(79.7)
28.7
(83.7)
29.3
(84.7)
29.7
(85.5)
31.2
(88.2)
28.6
(83.5)
25.9
(78.6)
23.3
(73.9)
19.3
(66.7)
31.2
(88.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 7.0
(44.6)
8.7
(47.7)
11.5
(52.7)
14.8
(58.6)
17.9
(64.2)
19.8
(67.6)
21.6
(70.9)
21.4
(70.5)
18.9
(66.0)
15.1
(59.2)
11.1
(52.0)
7.8
(46.0)
14.6
(58.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.4
(24.1)
−1.7
(28.9)
1.9
(35.4)
5.6
(42.1)
9.1
(48.4)
11.9
(53.4)
13.4
(56.1)
12.7
(54.9)
10.2
(50.4)
5.9
(42.6)
0.0
(32.0)
−4.1
(24.6)
5.0
(41.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −12.6
(9.3)
−9.7
(14.5)
−5.3
(22.5)
−1.0
(30.2)
2.9
(37.2)
6.7
(44.1)
8.2
(46.8)
7.5
(45.5)
5.4
(41.7)
0.5
(32.9)
−7.0
(19.4)
−11.9
(10.6)
−1.4
(29.6)
Record low °C (°F) −23.5
(−10.3)
−20.8
(−5.4)
−17.6
(0.3)
−8.4
(16.9)
−6.1
(21.0)
−1.5
(29.3)
0.5
(32.9)
−0.6
(30.9)
−2.7
(27.1)
−10.8
(12.6)
−16.9
(1.6)
−23.4
(−10.1)
−23.5
(−10.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4.0
(0.16)
7.6
(0.30)
21.9
(0.86)
42.8
(1.69)
92.2
(3.63)
148.3
(5.84)
143.3
(5.64)
120.3
(4.74)
111.9
(4.41)
50.2
(1.98)
7.5
(0.30)
3.4
(0.13)
753.4
(29.68)
Average relative humidity (%) 45 45 51 57 64 74 76 76 78 70 54 49 62
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[1]

32°15′56″N 100°58′43″E / 32.26556°N 100.97861°E / 32.26556; 100.97861

References

  1. ^ 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 October 2018.