Hongze, Huai'an
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Hongze (simplified Chinese: 洪泽; traditional Chinese: 洪澤; pinyin: Hóngzé) is one of four districts (a former county) of the prefecture-level city of Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, China. Occupying the southeastern shores of Lake Hongze, it borders the prefecture-level cities of Suqian to the northwest and Yangzhou (briefly) to the east.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the New Fourth Army established Huaibao and Hongze counties around Lake Hongze, in 1940 and 1941 respectively. Both counties were dissolved in 1950. The new Hongze county, within a wider area around the lake, was founded to implement the guiding principle of "reshuffling administrative divisions by the lake" in 1956.
Administrative divisions
At present, Hongze District has 11 towns.
11 towns
- Gaoliangjian (高良涧镇)
- Jiangba (蒋坝镇)
- Renhe (仁和镇)
- Chahe (岔河镇)
- Xishunhe (西顺河镇)
- Laozishan (老子山镇)
- Sanhe (三河镇)
- Dongshuanggou (东双沟镇)
- Wanji (万集镇)
- Huangji (黄集镇)
- Gonghe (共和镇)
Climate
| Climate data for Hongze, elevation 11 m (36 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) | 26.8 (80.2) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.5 (90.5) | 35.1 (95.2) | 36.3 (97.3) | 38.0 (100.4) | 37.6 (99.7) | 36.7 (98.1) | 31.2 (88.2) | 27.2 (81.0) | 21.0 (69.8) | 38.0 (100.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 8.6 (47.5) | 13.9 (57.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 28.9 (84.0) | 31.2 (88.2) | 30.7 (87.3) | 26.9 (80.4) | 21.7 (71.1) | 15.0 (59.0) | 8.3 (46.9) | 19.7 (67.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 4.2 (39.6) | 9.0 (48.2) | 15.2 (59.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.9 (80.4) | 22.6 (72.7) | 16.9 (62.4) | 10.3 (50.5) | 4.0 (39.2) | 15.3 (59.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) | 0.7 (33.3) | 4.9 (40.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 16.1 (61.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.0 (75.2) | 19.4 (66.9) | 13.1 (55.6) | 6.6 (43.9) | 0.7 (33.3) | 11.7 (53.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) | −8.4 (16.9) | −4.2 (24.4) | −1.4 (29.5) | 7.8 (46.0) | 12.5 (54.5) | 18.7 (65.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 2.4 (36.3) | −5.2 (22.6) | −10.2 (13.6) | −10.3 (13.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 30.4 (1.20) | 34.4 (1.35) | 52.7 (2.07) | 52.0 (2.05) | 75.4 (2.97) | 134.8 (5.31) | 231.4 (9.11) | 172.4 (6.79) | 75.6 (2.98) | 45.0 (1.77) | 44.8 (1.76) | 25.9 (1.02) | 974.8 (38.38) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 101.5 |
| Average snowy days | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 84 | 85 | 81 | 77 | 75 | 72 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 148.5 | 142.1 | 174.2 | 194.6 | 204.6 | 171.5 | 186.2 | 198.8 | 184.1 | 184.8 | 156.5 | 155.8 | 2,101.7 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 47 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 47 | 40 | 43 | 48 | 50 | 53 | 50 | 51 | 48 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration |
See also
- (in Chinese)