Jiulong County
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- For the river in southern Fujian, see Jiulong River. Jiulong is also the Mandarin-based transcription of the Chinese name of Kowloon.
Jiulong County
九龙县 · བརྒྱད་ཟིལ། | |
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.png) Jiulong County (red) in Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
  Jiulong Location of the seat in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates (Jiulong County government): 29°00′01″N 101°30′26″E / 29.0003°N 101.5073°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Garzê |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,770 km2 (2,610 sq mi) |
Gyézil County (Tibetan: བརྒྱད་ཟིལ། / བརྒྱད་ཟུར།, Wylie: brgyad zil / brgyad zur), also Jiulong County (simplified Chinese: 九龙县; traditional Chinese: 九龍縣); is a county located in southeastern Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. With a population of 52 thousand, mainly Tibetans, Hans, and Yis, it contains one town and 17 townships.
Geography
Due to its elevation, Jiulong County has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb), with strong monsoonal influences; winters are frosty and summers warm with frequent rain. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 1.1 °C (34.0 °F) in December and January to 15.1 °C (59.2 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 8.93 °C (48.1 °F). Over 75% of the annual precipitation of 786 mm (30.9 in) occurs from June through September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 32% in July to 58% in January, the county seat receives 1,983 hours of bright sunshine annually. Diurnal temperature variation is large, averaging 14.4 °C (25.9 °F) annually.
| Climate data for Jiulong County (1981−2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
3.8 (38.8) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
14.9 (58.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
1.6 (34.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
2.5 (36.5) |
6.6 (43.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
3.3 (38.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.7 (0.11) |
4.1 (0.16) |
17.9 (0.70) |
44.1 (1.74) |
88.5 (3.48) |
195.2 (7.69) |
194.9 (7.67) |
152.2 (5.99) |
153.5 (6.04) |
53.4 (2.10) |
13.5 (0.53) |
2.5 (0.10) |
922.5 (36.31) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.2 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 13.8 | 18.4 | 24.5 | 26.1 | 24.1 | 23.2 | 13.9 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 165.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 44 | 42 | 47 | 54 | 63 | 75 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 62 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 186.8 | 173.3 | 189.0 | 181.7 | 183.8 | 144.2 | 138.0 | 140.0 | 129.4 | 161.7 | 174.1 | 181.4 | 1,983.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 58 | 55 | 51 | 47 | 44 | 35 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 46 | 54 | 57 | 45 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days and sunshine 1971−2000)[1][2] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ 中国气象数据网 - WeatherBk Data (in Chinese (China)). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ^ China Meteorological Administration
External links
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