Huma County

Coordinates: 51°44′N 126°39′E / 51.733°N 126.650°E / 51.733; 126.650
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Huma County
呼玛县
Postal code
165100
Area code0457

Huma County (

Huma River
(formerly also known as Houmar) into the Amur. It is under the administration of the Daxing'anling Prefecture.

The opposite side of the Amur River is in

Amurskaya Oblast', Russia, where there is a village with the same name in Russified form, Kumara (Russian: Кумара)[1]

History

Huma (labelled as Hu-ma 呼瑪) (1951)
Oupu (labelled as Ou-p'u 鷗浦) (1951)

Kumarsk, the predecessor of the present-day Huma, was a fortified

Manchu and Daur
allied forces.

On 13 March 1655, the Komar fortress, defended by the

Qing army led by Ming'andali (明安達理) consisting of 10,000 men. The outnumbered defenders repulsed several assaults. The defeated Manchu lift the siege the following month (on 3 April 1655). The town was ceded to Qing Empire after the treaty of Nerchinsk
in 1689.

Administrative divisions

Huma County is divided into 2 towns, 5 townships and 1 ethnic township.[2]

2 towns
5 townships
1 ethnic township

Climate

Huma County has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb) with very warm, humid summers and severely cold, extremely dry winters. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −24.7 °C (−12.5 °F) in January to 21.3 °C (70.3 °F) in July, and although temperatures consistently average above 10 °C (50 °F) from May to September, the annual mean, at −0.3 °C (31.5 °F), is low enough to form sporadic permafrost on sheltered sites, which is unusual for areas with this climatic classification. More than 70% of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 52% in May and July to 70% in February, sunshine is generous and the area receives 2,581 hours of bright sunshine annually.

Climate data for Huma (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1954−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −1.9
(28.6)
5.1
(41.2)
18.9
(66.0)
31.7
(89.1)
36.2
(97.2)
40.5
(104.9)
39.4
(102.9)
36.5
(97.7)
31.3
(88.3)
28.6
(83.5)
12.2
(54.0)
1.0
(33.8)
40.5
(104.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −18
(0)
−10.9
(12.4)
−1.3
(29.7)
10.3
(50.5)
19.3
(66.7)
25.4
(77.7)
27.4
(81.3)
24.9
(76.8)
18.5
(65.3)
7.7
(45.9)
−7.3
(18.9)
−18.2
(−0.8)
6.5
(43.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) −24.7
(−12.5)
−19.4
(−2.9)
−8.8
(16.2)
3.5
(38.3)
12.2
(54.0)
18.6
(65.5)
21.3
(70.3)
18.5
(65.3)
11.4
(52.5)
1.3
(34.3)
−13.4
(7.9)
−23.9
(−11.0)
−0.3
(31.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −29.9
(−21.8)
−26.2
(−15.2)
−16.1
(3.0)
−3.2
(26.2)
4.8
(40.6)
11.8
(53.2)
15.7
(60.3)
13.1
(55.6)
5.4
(41.7)
−4.2
(24.4)
−18.5
(−1.3)
−28.6
(−19.5)
−6.3
(20.6)
Record low °C (°F) −48.2
(−54.8)
−45.3
(−49.5)
−40.0
(−40.0)
−22.2
(−8.0)
−9.2
(15.4)
0.4
(32.7)
3.9
(39.0)
−1.0
(30.2)
−8.4
(16.9)
−22.2
(−8.0)
−38.9
(−38.0)
−45.2
(−49.4)
−48.2
(−54.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5.4
(0.21)
4.4
(0.17)
6.4
(0.25)
15.1
(0.59)
49.9
(1.96)
66.3
(2.61)
128.0
(5.04)
92.0
(3.62)
47.5
(1.87)
22.6
(0.89)
10.2
(0.40)
7.2
(0.28)
455.0
(17.91)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 6.7 4.9 4.3 6.6 11.4 12.7 13.7 12.7 10.5 7.7 7.2 8.2 106.6
Average snowy days 9.5 6.7 6.4 5.0 0.7 0 0 0 0.5 5.8 9.6 11.4 55.6
Average
relative humidity
(%)
70 66 59 49 53 66 75 77 70 61 69 71 66
Mean monthly sunshine hours 152.4 198.8 251.8 244.6 253.1 278.2 258.6 244.5 217.4 191.3 162.6 127.9 2,581.2
Percent possible sunshine 58 70 68 58 52 56 52 55 58 59 62 53 58
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]
Source 2: Weather China,[5] Pogodaiklimat.ru (extremes)[6]

References

  1. ^ As per Google maps, https://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.725,126.650556&ie=UTF8&ll=51.725327,126.650391&spn=1.235174,2.471924&z=9&iwloc=addr
  2. ^ "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. ^ 呼玛 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Climate Huma". Pogoda.ru.net. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

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