Chaohu
Chaohu
巢湖市 | ||
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License Plate Prefix皖A (formerly 皖Q) | |
Chaohu (
county-level division
.
Formerly it was a prefecture-level city, which held administration over Wuwei, Lujiang, He and Hanshan counties until it dissolved on August 22, 2011. The Anhui provincial government announced in a controversial decision[1] that the prefecture-level city Chaohu was to be split into three parts and absorbed into neighboring cities.[2] Juchao District was renamed to Chaohu as a county-level city under Hefei's administration.[3]
Climate
Climate data for Chaohu (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 20.9 (69.6) |
27.7 (81.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.8 (92.8) |
35.8 (96.4) |
37.7 (99.9) |
39.3 (102.7) |
38.8 (101.8) |
38.3 (100.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
39.3 (102.7) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.1 (89.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
9.9 (49.8) |
21.1 (69.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
11.7 (53.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
16.7 (62.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) |
2.6 (36.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.0 (77.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
13.2 (55.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −13.2 (8.2) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
0.7 (33.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.2 (2.21) |
64.3 (2.53) |
91.4 (3.60) |
93.1 (3.67) |
95.4 (3.76) |
186.6 (7.35) |
201.9 (7.95) |
162.2 (6.39) |
71.1 (2.80) |
52.1 (2.05) |
57.7 (2.27) |
39.7 (1.56) |
1,171.7 (46.14) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.2 | 9.9 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 119.9 |
Average snowy days | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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76 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 75 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 110.5 | 116.3 | 143.7 | 174.1 | 181.3 | 151.9 | 198.8 | 187.9 | 153.6 | 157.6 | 140.5 | 131.9 | 1,848.1 |
Percent possible sunshine | 35 | 37 | 39 | 45 | 43 | 36 | 46 | 46 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 42 | 42 |
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Weather China[6] |
Administrative divisions
Chaohu City is divided to 6 Subdistricts, 11 towns and 1 township.[7][8]
- Subdistricts
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- Towns
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- Townships
- Miaogang Township (庙岗乡)
Notable people
- Zhou Yu (175 - 210), Three Kingdoms era military general of the Kingdom of Wu
- Dingyuan
- Feng Yuxiang, warlord in the Republican Era
- 50 m Pistol in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles
- Zhang Zhizhong, general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.
References
- NPR.org. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ "Three-way split to wipe Anhui city off the map". China Daily. August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
- Xinhuanet. August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ 巢湖 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:巢湖市 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
- ^ 合肥市-行政区划王 (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
External links
- Government website of Chaohu Archived 2015-12-21 at the Wayback Machine (available in Chinese and English)