Hukou County
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Hukou County (simplified Chinese: 湖口县; traditional Chinese: 湖口縣; pinyin: Húkǒu Xiàn; lit. '(Poyang) lake mouth') is a county under the administration of Jiujiang City, in the north of Jiangxi Province, China, bordering Anhui province to the north. The total area is 669.33 km2 (258.43 sq mi), and the population is 285,242 as of 2007.
Administrative divisions
Hukou County is divided to 5 towns and 7 townships.
5 towns
- Shuangzhong (双钟镇)
- Liusi (流泗镇)
- Maying (马影镇)
- Wushan (武山镇)
- Chengshan (城山镇)
7 townships
- Dalong (大垅乡)
- Huangcun (凰村乡)
- Zhangqing (张青乡)
- Wenqiao (文桥乡)
- Fulong (付垅乡)
- Shunde (舜德乡)
- Liufang (流芳乡)
Transport
Hukou is served by the Tongling–Jiujiang Railway.
Climate
| Climate data for Hukou, elevation 35 m (115 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) | 22.3 (72.1) | 27.4 (81.3) | 31.0 (87.8) | 32.5 (90.5) | 34.5 (94.1) | 36.6 (97.9) | 39.0 (102.2) | 40.8 (105.4) | 37.4 (99.3) | 33.5 (92.3) | 29.6 (85.3) | 21.6 (70.9) | 40.8 (105.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) | 11.2 (52.2) | 15.5 (59.9) | 21.7 (71.1) | 26.5 (79.7) | 29.1 (84.4) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.4 (90.3) | 28.8 (83.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 10.9 (51.6) | 21.5 (70.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) | 7.2 (45.0) | 11.3 (52.3) | 17.3 (63.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 25.4 (77.7) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.4 (83.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 19.1 (66.4) | 12.9 (55.2) | 6.9 (44.4) | 17.4 (63.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) | 4.4 (39.9) | 8.2 (46.8) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.9 (66.0) | 22.7 (72.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.5 (77.9) | 21.4 (70.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 9.6 (49.3) | 4.0 (39.2) | 14.4 (57.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.3 (15.3) | −7.6 (18.3) | −2.8 (27.0) | 1.9 (35.4) | 9.7 (49.5) | 14.2 (57.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 17.7 (63.9) | 13.7 (56.7) | 4.9 (40.8) | −2.3 (27.9) | −12.4 (9.7) | −12.4 (9.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 75.0 (2.95) | 91.0 (3.58) | 139.6 (5.50) | 159.8 (6.29) | 194.0 (7.64) | 242.6 (9.55) | 184.9 (7.28) | 125.2 (4.93) | 65.4 (2.57) | 62.3 (2.45) | 68.3 (2.69) | 49.9 (1.96) | 1,458 (57.39) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.3 | 12.6 | 15.4 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 139.8 |
| Average snowy days | 3.8 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 83 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 97.4 | 99.0 | 118.7 | 143.9 | 165.3 | 149.9 | 227.0 | 216.5 | 182.6 | 166.9 | 135.5 | 126.4 | 1,829.1 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 30 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 39 | 36 | 53 | 53 | 50 | 48 | 43 | 40 | 41 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration |
External links
- 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
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