Altay City

Not to be confused with Altai City.
Altay
التاي
ئالتاي
—  County-level city  —
阿勒泰市
Altay
Location in Xinjiang
Altay
Location in China
Coordinates:
Country China
Province Xinjiang
Prefecture Altay Prefecture
Area
 • Total 10,852 km2 (4,190 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 142,000
 • Density 13.1/km2 (33.9/sq mi)

Altay or Aletai (Chinese: 阿勒泰; pinyin: Ālètài) is a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in the People's Republic of China. It is the administrative centre of Altay Prefecture, and has 142,000 inhabitants.

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Geography

Climate

Altay has a cold semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk), with dry conditions year-round and an annual precipitation total of only 191 millimetres (7.5 in). Winters are long and cold, but dry, with a January average of −15.5 °C (4.1 °F). Spring and autumn are short but mild. Summers are very warm, but dry, with a July average of 21.8 °C (71.2 °F); however, despite the aridity, nighttime temperatures are generally not sharply lower than daytime highs.

Climate data for Altay City (1971−2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −9.4
(15.1)		 −6.8
(19.8)		 0.0
(32.0)		 14.0
(57.2)		 21.7
(71.1)		 26.5
(79.7)		 28.2
(82.8)		 26.8
(80.2)		 21.1
(70.0)		 12.1
(53.8)		 0.8
(33.4)		 −6.9
(19.6)		 10.7
(51.3)
Average low °C (°F) −21
(−5.8)		 −19.1
(−2.4)		 −11.3
(11.7)		 2.2
(36.0)		 8.7
(47.7)		 13.3
(55.9)		 15.1
(59.2)		 13.4
(56.1)		 7.9
(46.2)		 1.0
(33.8)		 −9.1
(15.6)		 −17.5
(0.5)		 −1.4
(29.5)
Precipitation mm (inches) 12.5
(0.492)		 9.1
(0.358)		 8.7
(0.343)		 13.1
(0.516)		 16.6
(0.654)		 15.7
(0.618)		 25.8
(1.016)		 16.1
(0.634)		 15.6
(0.614)		 15.0
(0.591)		 22.3
(0.878)		 20.8
(0.819)		 191.3
(7.531)
% humidity 74 73 71 48 43 48 52 49 49 54 68 75 58.7
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 7.4 6.7 5.8 5.8 6.6 6.8 7.9 6.5 6.0 5.9 8.5 9.9 83.8
Sunshine hours 163.6 182.4 247.7 281.9 325.4 338.2 343.5 326.6 278.6 220.8 153.5 131.1 2,993.3
Source: China Meteorological Administration [1]

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References

  1. ^ "中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）" (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. http://cdc.cma.gov.cn/shuju/search1.jsp?dsid=SURF_CLI_CHN_MUL_MMON_19712000_CES&tpcat=SURF&type=table&pageid=3. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 

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