Wanyuan
| Wanyuan 万源市 | |
|---|---|
| County-level city | |
  Wanyuan Location in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 31°59′N 107°58′E / 31.983°N 107.967°ECoordinates: 31°59′N 107°58′E / 31.983°N 107.967°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Dazhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Wanyuan (simplified Chinese: 万源; traditional Chinese: 萬源; pinyin: Wànyuán; literally: "ten thousand springs") is a county-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China, located near the trisection of Sichuan, Chongqing, and Shaanxi. Tamping Township is its municipality seat. Wanyuan has more than 100.000 inhabitants.
Geography and climate
Wanyuan has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with cool, damp winters and hot, humid summers; winter temperatures are significantly cooler than in the Sichuan Basin. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 4.1 °C (39.4 °F) in January to 24.9 °C (76.8 °F) in July and August, the latter figure being comparable to Chengdu, while the annual mean is 14.81 °C (58.7 °F). About two-thirds of the 1,271 mm (50.0 in) of annual precipitation occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 20% in January and February to 49% in August, the city receives 1,372 hours of bright sunshine annually, with spring sunnier than autumn.
| Climate data for Wanyuan (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) |
25.0 (77) |
30.8 (87.4) |
34.8 (94.6) |
37.5 (99.5) |
38.6 (101.5) |
39.2 (102.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
36.8 (98.2) |
31.2 (88.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.4 (59.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.4 (59.7) |
10.0 (50) |
20.2 (68.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
6.1 (43) |
9.9 (49.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
20.2 (68.4) |
15.1 (59.2) |
10.2 (50.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
14.8 (58.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
2.1 (35.8) |
10.9 (51.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.1 (19.2) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
0.0 (32) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.1 (48.4) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.4 (0.173) |
11.4 (0.449) |
31.3 (1.232) |
70.8 (2.787) |
140.5 (5.531) |
170.3 (6.705) |
304.1 (11.972) |
197.1 (7.76) |
192.5 (7.579) |
105.4 (4.15) |
34.7 (1.366) |
8.6 (0.339) |
1,271.1 (50.043) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.8 | 5.7 | 10.3 | 12.6 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 15.9 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 13.2 | 9.2 | 6.1 | 132.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 79 | 78 | 74 | 71 | 73 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 63.8 | 62.9 | 84.6 | 125.8 | 149.9 | 149.1 | 178.5 | 200.9 | 117.0 | 93.6 | 80.8 | 65.5 | 1,372.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 20 | 20 | 23 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 41 | 49 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 31 |
| Source #1: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: China Meteorological Administration(precipitation days, sunshine hours 1971-2000) | |||||||||||||
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