Weishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County
Weishan County
巍山县 · وِشًا · Med•hot xiainb | ||
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Postal code 672400 | ||
| Area code | 0872 | |
| Climate | Cwb | |
| Website | www | |
Weishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County (Chinese: 巍山彝族回族自治县; pinyin: Wēishān Yízú Huízú Zìzhìxiàn; Xiao'erjing: وِشًا یِذُو خُوِذُو ذِجِشِیًا; Bai: Med•hot[2]) is an autonomous county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, in the west-central part of Yunnan Province, China. It was known as Menghua (蒙化) until the 1950s.
Geography
It is situated in the upper section of the Ailao Mountains and the Wuliang Mountains.
Administrative divisions
Weishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County has 4 towns and 6 townships.[3]
- 4 towns
- 6 townships
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Climate
| Climate data for Weishan (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) | 23.6 (74.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
23.3 (74.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.2 (63.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.7 (67.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
12.6 (54.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
16.2 (61.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
13.1 (55.6) |
7.1 (44.8) |
2.9 (37.2) |
10.9 (51.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
11.6 (52.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
5.0 (41.0) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23.3 (0.92) |
16.8 (0.66) |
22.9 (0.90) |
27.9 (1.10) |
62.0 (2.44) |
97.1 (3.82) |
172.3 (6.78) |
147.2 (5.80) |
93.0 (3.66) |
72.3 (2.85) |
23.6 (0.93) |
8.6 (0.34) |
767 (30.2) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.5 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 12.9 | 19.6 | 19.5 | 15.2 | 11.9 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 123.7 |
| Average snowy days | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
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67 | 61 | 58 | 58 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 75 | 72 | 71 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 235.6 | 222.2 | 240.2 | 228.9 | 207.7 | 136.7 | 95.3 | 123.3 | 130.2 | 159.9 | 210.5 | 225.5 | 2,216 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 71 | 69 | 64 | 60 | 50 | 33 | 23 | 31 | 36 | 45 | 65 | 69 | 51 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
Rail
Weishan has a rail station called Weishan Railway Station, with services to Dali City and Lincang.
References
- ^ "大理州第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (PDF) (in Chinese). Dali Daily. 2021-06-01.
- ^ 白汉词典（现行白文第一版2022） [Bai–Chinese Dictionary] (PDF) (in Chinese). Government of Dali Prefecture. p. 153.
- ^ "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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