Dêrong County

Coordinates: 28°44′N 99°17′E / 28.733°N 99.283°E / 28.733; 99.283
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Dêrong County
得荣县སྡེ་རོང་།
Location of the county (red) in Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan province
Location of the county (red) in Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan province
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Area
 • Total2,916 km2 (1,126 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Dêrong County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese得荣县
Traditional Chinese得榮縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྡེ་རོང་།

Dêrong County (Tibetan: སྡེ་རོང་།; Chinese: 得荣县) is a county in the west of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Yunnan province to the west. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Climate

Climate data for Dêrong (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 25.1
(77.2)
25.9
(78.6)
29.2
(84.6)
31.8
(89.2)
34.2
(93.6)
36.3
(97.3)
36.0
(96.8)
33.6
(92.5)
33.5
(92.3)
30.1
(86.2)
27.1
(80.8)
22.8
(73.0)
36.3
(97.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 14.9
(58.8)
16.7
(62.1)
19.4
(66.9)
22.5
(72.5)
26.6
(79.9)
29.7
(85.5)
28.4
(83.1)
27.2
(81.0)
26.4
(79.5)
23.7
(74.7)
19.0
(66.2)
15.3
(59.5)
22.5
(72.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 6.0
(42.8)
8.5
(47.3)
11.7
(53.1)
15.1
(59.2)
19.5
(67.1)
22.8
(73.0)
21.7
(71.1)
20.5
(68.9)
19.4
(66.9)
15.8
(60.4)
10.2
(50.4)
6.1
(43.0)
14.8
(58.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −0.6
(30.9)
1.7
(35.1)
5.3
(41.5)
8.9
(48.0)
13.3
(55.9)
17.2
(63.0)
17.0
(62.6)
16.0
(60.8)
14.4
(57.9)
9.9
(49.8)
3.7
(38.7)
−0.4
(31.3)
8.9
(48.0)
Record low °C (°F) −8.9
(16.0)
−5.2
(22.6)
−1.0
(30.2)
2.1
(35.8)
3.6
(38.5)
10.2
(50.4)
6.6
(43.9)
11.4
(52.5)
7.6
(45.7)
2.1
(35.8)
−1.9
(28.6)
−7.7
(18.1)
−8.9
(16.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.2
(0.05)
2.0
(0.08)
4.8
(0.19)
7.2
(0.28)
16.1
(0.63)
38.0
(1.50)
112.7
(4.44)
105.7
(4.16)
42.5
(1.67)
12.0
(0.47)
4.1
(0.16)
0.6
(0.02)
346.9
(13.65)
Average relative humidity (%) 36 35 37 40 40 47 61 66 60 49 42 38 46
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center

28°44′N 99°17′E / 28.733°N 99.283°E / 28.733; 99.283