Emeishan City
Emeishan (Chinese: 峨眉山市; pinyin: Éméishān Shì) is a county-level city in Sichuan province, China. It is administered by the prefecture-level city Leshan. Its population in 1990 stood at 396,445. It is named after Mount Emei, a famous mountain located within its administration.
Emeishan 峨眉山市 | |
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.png) Location of Emeishan City (red) in Leshan City (yellow) and Sichuan | |
  Emeishan Location of the city centre in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 29.601°N 103.482°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Leshan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,151.4 km2 (444.6 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 3,099 m (10,167 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Emeishan | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 峨眉山 | ||||||||
| Postal | Omei | ||||||||
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Climate
| Climate data for Emeishan (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.9 (96.6) |
36.1 (97.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
39.3 (102.7) |
36.5 (97.7) |
29.4 (84.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
19.5 (67.1) |
39.3 (102.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.2 (86.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.5 (61.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.0 (55.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
13.6 (56.5) |
8.5 (47.3) |
17.3 (63.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.1 (50.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.6 (65.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
15.8 (60.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
14.7 (58.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
5.0 (41.0) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 17.8 (0.70) |
24.9 (0.98) |
42.1 (1.66) |
93.5 (3.68) |
115.3 (4.54) |
164.8 (6.49) |
308.3 (12.14) |
368.9 (14.52) |
165.8 (6.53) |
64.1 (2.52) |
38.0 (1.50) |
15.0 (0.59) |
1,418.5 (55.85) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 80 | 77 | 74 | 71 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 83 | 79 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[1] | |||||||||||||
References
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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