Sonid Left Banner
Sonid Left Banner
苏尼特左旗 • ᠰᠥᠨᠡᠳᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ | |
|---|---|
| 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 Сөнэд Жэгүн қосиу 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. 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 | |||||||||||||
References
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