Pengze County
Pengze County (simplified Chinese: 彭泽县; traditional Chinese: 彭澤縣; pinyin: Péngzé Xiàn) is a county in the north of Jiangxi Province, situated on the southeast (right) bank of the Yangtze. The northernmost county-level division of the province, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jiujiang.
Pengze County 彭泽县 | |
|---|---|
County | |
 Location of Pengze County (red) within Jiujiang City (yellow) and Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates (Longcheng government): 29°53′46″N 116°32′56″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Jiujiang |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Pengze county has a long history of written record. This county firstly established in the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu, Western Han dynasty (201 BCE)
Pengze. Nieuhof: L'ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, 1665
Transport
Pengze is served by the Tongling–Jiujiang Railway.
Climate
| Climate data for Pengze (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
33.0 (91.4) |
35.1 (95.2) |
37.5 (99.5) |
39.7 (103.5) |
40.0 (104.0) |
36.8 (98.2) |
33.6 (92.5) |
30.3 (86.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
40.0 (104.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
10.3 (50.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
29.3 (84.7) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.2 (90.0) |
28.2 (82.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
21.2 (70.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
24.1 (75.4) |
18.7 (65.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
3.6 (38.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.9 (58.8) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 74.1 (2.92) |
85.5 (3.37) |
128.3 (5.05) |
173.2 (6.82) |
175.1 (6.89) |
232.1 (9.14) |
204.4 (8.05) |
143.6 (5.65) |
66.3 (2.61) |
79.5 (3.13) |
78.8 (3.10) |
44.3 (1.74) |
1,485.2 (58.47) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 80 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 76 | 72 | 76 |
| 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 10 October 2019.
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