Pingyuan County
平原县 | |
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Coordinates: 37°09′55″N 116°26′03″E / 37.1653°N 116.4341°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shandong |
Prefecture-level city | Dezhou |
Area | |
• Total | 1,047 km2 (404 sq mi) |
Population (2019)
[2] | |
• Total | 447,000 |
• Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Postal code | 253100 |
Pingyuan County ( simplified Chinese: 平原县; traditional Chinese: 平原縣; pinyin: Píngyuán Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by the prefecture-level city of Dezhou. It has an area of 1,050 square kilometres (410 sq mi).
At the end of the Han dynasty, Liu Bei began his political career as prefect of Pingyuan Commandery. The town was one of the starts for the anti-Western Boxer Rebellion.
The population was 437,584 in 1999. [3]
As 2012, this County is divided to 2 subdistricts, 7 towns and 3 townships. [4]
Climate data for Pingyuan (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
26.6 (79.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.4 (86.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
12.2 (54.0) |
5.2 (41.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
1.6 (34.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
27.1 (80.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
13.5 (56.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
2.8 (37.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.4 (0.13) |
9.2 (0.36) |
8.8 (0.35) |
28.8 (1.13) |
44.2 (1.74) |
75.3 (2.96) |
161.4 (6.35) |
145.7 (5.74) |
40.4 (1.59) |
29.3 (1.15) |
16.3 (0.64) |
4.2 (0.17) |
567 (22.31) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 64.4 |
Average snowy days | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 9 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 59 | 55 | 53 | 58 | 63 | 62 | 77 | 82 | 75 | 68 | 66 | 63 | 65 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 167.5 | 167.2 | 220.7 | 241.5 | 270.9 | 240.3 | 203.9 | 199.7 | 198.1 | 195.7 | 161.7 | 156.7 | 2,423.9 |
Percent possible sunshine | 54 | 54 | 59 | 61 | 62 | 55 | 46 | 48 | 54 | 57 | 54 | 53 | 55 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration [5] [6] |