Sonid Left Banner
Sonid Left Banner
苏尼特左旗 • ᠰᠥᠨᠡᠳᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ | |
|---|---|
 Sonid Left Banner in Xilin Gol | |
.svg) Xilin Gol in Inner Mongolia | |
  Sonid Left Banner Location of the seat in Inner Mongolia | |
| Coordinates: 43°51′36″N 113°40′01″E / 43.860°N 113.667°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Inner Mongolia |
| League | Xilin Gol |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Sonid Left Banner (Mongolian: ᠰᠥᠨᠡᠳ ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ Söned Jegün qosiɣu; simplified Chinese: 苏尼特左旗; traditional Chinese: 蘇尼特左旗; pinyin: Sūnítè Zuǒqí)) is a banner of north-central Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China, bordering the Republic of Mongolia's provinces of Dornogovi to the west and Sükhbaatar to the north. It is under the administration of Xilin Gol League. Sunud Mongols live here.
Climate
Sonid Left Banner features a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), marked by long, cold and very dry winters, hot, somewhat humid summers, and strong winds, especially in spring. The monthly 24-hour mean temperature in January, the coldest month, is −18.7 °C (−1.7 °F), and in July, the warmest month, 22.0 °C (71.6 °F), with the annual mean at 3.07 °C (37.5 °F). The annual precipitation is 185 millimetres (7.28 in), with more than half of it falling in July and August alone.
| Climate data for Sonid Left Banner (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
10.8 (51.4) |
18.4 (65.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
33.8 (92.8) |
38.5 (101.3) |
41.5 (106.7) |
38.2 (100.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
6.8 (44.2) |
41.5 (106.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
1.6 (34.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.1 (82.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
19.7 (67.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
9.6 (49.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −18.7 (−1.7) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
5.4 (41.7) |
13.5 (56.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
13.2 (55.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
3.1 (37.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −23.4 (−10.1) |
−19.7 (−3.5) |
−11 (12) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
6.5 (43.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
14.5 (58.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−20.3 (−4.5) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −35.5 (−31.9) |
−33.5 (−28.3) |
−26.3 (−15.3) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
1.0 (33.8) |
7.3 (45.1) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−29.3 (−20.7) |
−34.3 (−29.7) |
−35.5 (−31.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.7 (0.07) |
1.8 (0.07) |
3.7 (0.15) |
4.9 (0.19) |
15.2 (0.60) |
24.8 (0.98) |
50.8 (2.00) |
45.6 (1.80) |
19.7 (0.78) |
11.6 (0.46) |
3.6 (0.14) |
2.0 (0.08) |
185.4 (7.32) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 65.1 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
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