Gucheng County
故城县 Kucheng | |
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Coordinates: 37°21′N 115°58′E / 37.350°N 115.967°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hebei |
Prefecture | Hengshui |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Postal code | 053300 |
Gucheng ( Chinese: 故城; pinyin: Gùchéng; lit. 'Old City') is county of Hengshui, Hebei province, China, bordering Dezhou City of Shandong to the east.
Source: [1]
Towns:
Gucheng has a cold Semi-arid climate (BSk), featuring very cold, dry winters influenced by the Siberian anticyclone and wet summers due to the effects of the East Asian Monsoon.
Climate data for Gucheng (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
30.8 (87.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
40.5 (104.9) |
40.7 (105.3) |
41.1 (106.0) |
36.9 (98.4) |
37.5 (99.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
41.1 (106.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
5.1 (41.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) |
1.4 (34.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
6.1 (43.0) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
13.6 (56.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.8 (19.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
2.5 (36.5) |
9.1 (48.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
8.6 (47.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −21.1 (−6.0) |
−16.0 (3.2) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
3.4 (38.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−21.0 (−5.8) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.9 (0.11) |
7.9 (0.31) |
7.5 (0.30) |
29.0 (1.14) |
39.3 (1.55) |
61.8 (2.43) |
144.4 (5.69) |
125.1 (4.93) |
43.6 (1.72) |
28.4 (1.12) |
14.2 (0.56) |
3.6 (0.14) |
507.7 (20) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.8 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 63.4 |
Average snowy days | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 10.5 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 62 | 58 | 53 | 57 | 61 | 60 | 76 | 81 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 65 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 162.7 | 169.7 | 222.7 | 241.7 | 263.4 | 231.9 | 197.1 | 205.8 | 200.5 | 192.3 | 160.7 | 156.0 | 2,404.5 |
Percent possible sunshine | 53 | 55 | 60 | 61 | 60 | 53 | 44 | 49 | 55 | 56 | 53 | 53 | 54 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration [2] [3] |