Laixi
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Laixi (simplified Chinese:莱西;traditional Chinese:萊西;pinyin:Láixī) is a county-level city of Qingdao sub-provincial city, Shandong Province, China.
Laixi is known as "Qingdao's Back Garden". Laixi was once combined with Laiyang[citation needed], its neighbor to the north; however, Laixi is now the northernmost county-level division of Qingdao and Laiyang is the southernmost division of Yantai.
Administrative divisions
As of 2012, this city is divided to 6 subdistricts and 11 towns.
Subdistricts
- Shuiji Subdistrict (水集街道)
- Wangcheng Subdistrict (望城街道)
- Longshui Subdistrict (龙水街道)
- Meihuashan Subdistrict (梅花山街道)
- Binhelu Subdistrict (滨河路街道)
- Guhe Subdistrict (沽河街道)
Towns
- Sunshou (孙受镇)
- Jiangshan (姜山镇)
- Xiagezhuang (夏格庄镇)
- Yuanshang (院上镇)
- Rizhuang (日庄镇)
- Nanshu (南墅镇)
- Hetoudian (河头店镇)
- Dianbu (店埠镇)
- Liquanzhuang (李权庄镇)
- Wubei (武备镇)
- Malianzhuang (马连庄镇)
Transportation
The city is served by Laixi railway station on high-speed lines. Laixi South railway station sees infrequent service from conventional trains on the Lancun–Yantai railway.
Climate
| Climate data for Laixi, elevation 77m (253ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 27.8 (82.0) | 33.6 (92.5) | 36.4 (97.5) | 39.8 (103.6) | 38.2 (100.8) | 36.0 (96.8) | 36.5 (97.7) | 30.8 (87.4) | 25.8 (78.4) | 16.8 (62.2) | 39.8 (103.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.2 (43.2) | 12.2 (54.0) | 19.0 (66.2) | 24.8 (76.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.0 (86.0) | 26.8 (80.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 12.5 (54.5) | 5.3 (41.5) | 18.3 (64.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) | 0.0 (32.0) | 5.6 (42.1) | 12.4 (54.3) | 18.4 (65.1) | 22.7 (72.9) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 21 (70) | 14.4 (57.9) | 6.7 (44.1) | −0.1 (31.8) | 12.5 (54.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.8 (19.8) | −4.7 (23.5) | 0.2 (32.4) | 6.6 (43.9) | 12.8 (55.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 16.1 (61.0) | 9.0 (48.2) | 2.0 (35.6) | −4.2 (24.4) | 7.7 (45.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.1 (−6.0) | −17.1 (1.2) | −10.8 (12.6) | −5.6 (21.9) | 0.6 (33.1) | 7.5 (45.5) | 13.8 (56.8) | 11.8 (53.2) | 5.2 (41.4) | −3.5 (25.7) | −9.4 (15.1) | −16.7 (1.9) | −21.1 (−6.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.7 (0.30) | 12.4 (0.49) | 15.8 (0.62) | 36.2 (1.43) | 56.9 (2.24) | 84.8 (3.34) | 160.8 (6.33) | 167.9 (6.61) | 54.1 (2.13) | 26.6 (1.05) | 26.9 (1.06) | 9.9 (0.39) | 660 (25.99) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 75.2 |
| Average snowy days | 5.0 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 16.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 65 | 59 | 58 | 64 | 71 | 80 | 82 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 70 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 173.8 | 175.9 | 228.4 | 241.9 | 259.3 | 223.8 | 195.2 | 209.5 | 214.6 | 210.5 | 173.6 | 168.6 | 2,475.1 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 56 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 44 | 50 | 58 | 61 | 57 | 57 | 56 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration |