Hubbry Logo
Foping CountyFoping CountyMain
Open search
Foping County
Community hub
Foping County
logo
8 pages, 0 posts
0 subscribers
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Foping County
from Wikipedia

Foping (Chinese: 佛坪; pinyin: Fópíng) is a county under the administration and in the northeast corner of Hanzhong City, in the south of Shaanxi province, China.

Key Information

The county was first established in 1824.[2]

It has been called the 'home of dogwood', having over 100,000 Mu (ca. 162 km2) of dogwood forests.[3] The Qinling panda was first discovered in Foping.[4][5]

Administrative divisions

[edit]

As of 2019, Foping County is divided to 1 subdistrict and 6 towns.[6]

Subdistricts
  • Yuanjiazhuang Subdistrict (袁家庄街道)
Towns
  • Chenjiaba (陈家坝镇)
  • Daheba (大河坝镇)
  • Xichahe (西岔河镇)
  • Yueba (岳坝镇)
  • Changjiaoba (长角坝镇)
  • Shidunhe (石墩河镇)

Climate

[edit]
Climate data for Foping, elevation 827 m (2,713 ft), (2001–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 17.7
(63.9)
22.7
(72.9)
30.8
(87.4)
31.5
(88.7)
34.9
(94.8)
37.0
(98.6)
38.7
(101.7)
37.2
(99.0)
36.8
(98.2)
28.3
(82.9)
24.6
(76.3)
19.0
(66.2)
38.7
(101.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 7.7
(45.9)
10.2
(50.4)
16.1
(61.0)
21.7
(71.1)
24.5
(76.1)
28.0
(82.4)
29.7
(85.5)
29.0
(84.2)
23.4
(74.1)
18.7
(65.7)
13.6
(56.5)
8.7
(47.7)
19.3
(66.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 1.8
(35.2)
4.3
(39.7)
9.3
(48.7)
14.2
(57.6)
17.6
(63.7)
21.4
(70.5)
23.6
(74.5)
22.9
(73.2)
18.3
(64.9)
13.2
(55.8)
7.8
(46.0)
2.9
(37.2)
13.1
(55.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −2.2
(28.0)
0.4
(32.7)
4.5
(40.1)
8.9
(48.0)
12.7
(54.9)
16.6
(61.9)
19.5
(67.1)
19.1
(66.4)
15.1
(59.2)
10.0
(50.0)
4.1
(39.4)
−0.9
(30.4)
9.0
(48.2)
Record low °C (°F) −9.7
(14.5)
−7.9
(17.8)
−6.8
(19.8)
−2.9
(26.8)
3.3
(37.9)
8.3
(46.9)
11.2
(52.2)
10.4
(50.7)
6.1
(43.0)
−5.5
(22.1)
−8.0
(17.6)
−14.4
(6.1)
−14.4
(6.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.7
(0.15)
12.8
(0.50)
23.9
(0.94)
57.4
(2.26)
95.8
(3.77)
114.6
(4.51)
198.9
(7.83)
178.5
(7.03)
156.3
(6.15)
74.3
(2.93)
29.0
(1.14)
5.0
(0.20)
950.2
(37.41)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.1 6.4 8.8 10.2 12.9 12.2 15.7 14.3 14.1 13.5 8.0 4.0 124.2
Average snowy days 5.2 3.9 1.1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2.6 14.1
Average relative humidity (%) 64 66 63 66 73 76 80 81 84 83 77 66 73
Mean monthly sunshine hours 100.2 90.3 131.2 155.0 152.6 154.5 164.2 161.9 101.2 99.0 94.6 97.7 1,502.4
Percentage possible sunshine 32 29 35 40 35 36 38 40 28 28 31 32 34
Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8]

References

[edit]
Revisions and contributorsEdit on WikipediaRead on Wikipedia
Add your contribution
Related Hubs
User Avatar
No comments yet.