Ruichang
Ruichang
瑞昌市 Juichang | |
|---|---|
 Location of Ruichang (red) in Jiujiang City (yellow) and Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates: 29°40′34″N 115°40′52″E / 29.676°N 115.681°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Jiujiang |
Ruichang (Chinese: 瑞昌; pinyin: Ruìchāng) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang, in the north of Jiangxi province, along the Yangtze River, bordering Hubei province to the north.
Ruichang suffered deaths and extensive damage from the 2005 Ruichang earthquake.
Transportation
Ruichang is served by the Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway.
Climate
| Climate data for Ruichang (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.4 (93.9) |
36.9 (98.4) |
37.7 (99.9) |
40.8 (105.4) |
40.1 (104.2) |
38.3 (100.9) |
35.3 (95.5) |
30.1 (86.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
40.8 (105.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.6 (90.7) |
28.4 (83.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
21.6 (70.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.2 (82.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
3.8 (38.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
3.1 (37.6) |
13.7 (56.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
1.2 (34.2) |
9.3 (48.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.3 (63.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 68.7 (2.70) |
88.7 (3.49) |
139.6 (5.50) |
188.8 (7.43) |
192.8 (7.59) |
222.6 (8.76) |
171.8 (6.76) |
135.9 (5.35) |
108.5 (4.27) |
77.6 (3.06) |
71.0 (2.80) |
40.1 (1.58) |
1,506.1 (59.29) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 80 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 78 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[1] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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