Linzhang County (simplified Chinese: 临漳县; traditional Chinese: 臨漳縣; pinyin: Línzhāng Xiàn) is a county of southmost Hebei province, China, named after the Zhang River within its borders.Linzhang was called Yecheng（Capital of Cao Wei and other state powers） in ancient times. It is under the administration of Handan City, and, as of 2004[update], it had a population of 590,000 residing in an area of 744 km2 (287 sq mi).
There are 14 township-level administrative divisions, including 5 towns and 9 townships under the county's administration.[1] The area was formerly part of Henan Province.
Towns:
Townships:
| Climate data for Linzhang, elevation 66 m (217 ft), (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) | 18.6 (65.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
34.7 (94.5) |
38.8 (101.8) |
43.6 (110.5) |
40.3 (104.5) |
36.4 (97.5) |
37.9 (100.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
27.5 (81.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
43.6 (110.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
27.2 (81.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.3 (86.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.5 (70.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
2.4 (36.3) |
9.2 (48.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
6.9 (44.4) |
0.1 (32.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
16.5 (61.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −16.7 (1.9) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
4.7 (40.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.7 (0.15) |
7.0 (0.28) |
10.1 (0.40) |
29.7 (1.17) |
39.4 (1.55) |
64.2 (2.53) |
150.4 (5.92) |
102.3 (4.03) |
51.2 (2.02) |
29.3 (1.15) |
16.8 (0.66) |
4.3 (0.17) |
508.4 (20.03) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 66 |
| Average snowy days | 2.6 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 10.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61 | 57 | 55 | 61 | 64 | 62 | 77 | 81 | 75 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 156.8 | 162.0 | 209.5 | 230.5 | 256.0 | 235.3 | 203.5 | 207.6 | 186.1 | 188.9 | 162.1 | 153.3 | 2,351.6 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 50 | 52 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 54 | 46 | 50 | 51 | 55 | 53 | 51 | 53 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
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