Wuning County (simplified Chinese: 武宁县; traditional Chinese: 武寧縣; pinyin: Wǔníng Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Jiangxi Province, China, bordering Hubei Province to the north. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jiujiang.
Wuning County 武宁县 | |
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 Location of Wuning County (red) within Jiujiang City (yellow) and Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates: 29°14′49″N 115°05′35″E / 29.247°N 115.093°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Jiujiang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,507 km2 (1,354 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 408,300 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 332300 |
Administrative divisions
Wuning County has one subdistrict, 8 towns and 11 townships.
- 1 subdistrict
- Yuning (豫宁街道)
- 8 towns
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- 11 townships
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Climate
| Climate data for Wuning (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) | 27.6 (81.7) | 32.8 (91.0) | 34.0 (93.2) | 37.5 (99.5) | 37.9 (100.2) | 40.8 (105.4) | 41.7 (107.1) | 39.7 (103.5) | 35.9 (96.6) | 30.0 (86.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 41.7 (107.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.7 (53.1) | 16.1 (61.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 27.1 (80.8) | 29.8 (85.6) | 33.5 (92.3) | 33.2 (91.8) | 29.3 (84.7) | 24.1 (75.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 11.8 (53.2) | 22.2 (71.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) | 7.4 (45.3) | 11.3 (52.3) | 17.3 (63.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 25.3 (77.5) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.1 (82.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 18.9 (66.0) | 12.9 (55.2) | 7.3 (45.1) | 17.4 (63.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.9 (46.2) | 13.4 (56.1) | 18.3 (64.9) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.6 (76.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 9.2 (48.6) | 3.9 (39.0) | 13.9 (57.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) | −5.1 (22.8) | −1.9 (28.6) | 0.8 (33.4) | 8.9 (48.0) | 13.6 (56.5) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 11.6 (52.9) | 1.6 (34.9) | −1.1 (30.0) | −8.7 (16.3) | −8.7 (16.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 80.3 (3.16) | 93.9 (3.70) | 155.5 (6.12) | 190.0 (7.48) | 207.3 (8.16) | 248.6 (9.79) | 185.8 (7.31) | 117.9 (4.64) | 78.8 (3.10) | 63.0 (2.48) | 71.4 (2.81) | 47.2 (1.86) | 1,539.7 (60.61) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.1 | 12.5 | 16.3 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 149.4 |
| Average snowy days | 3.8 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 8.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 79 | 83 | 79 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 78.1 | 80.9 | 97.6 | 122.4 | 137.5 | 122.0 | 191.7 | 184.9 | 151.2 | 142.0 | 120.2 | 113.5 | 1,542 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 24 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 45 | 46 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 35 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||