| Bijie 毕节 |
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|---|---|
| — Prefecture-level city — | |
| 毕节市 | |
| Location of the prefecture in Guizhou province and the PRC | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Elevation | 5,653 ft (1,723 m) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 7,188,000 |
| Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) |
| Website | http://www.bijie.gov.cn/ |
Bijie (simplified Chinese: 毕节; traditional Chinese: 畢節; pinyin: Bìjíe) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China.
The Daotianhe Reservoir, located to the north of the town was commissioned in 1965 with a rated annual capacity of 6.5 million cubic meters.
On 10 November 2011, Bijie Prefecture (毕节地区) was converted to a prefecture-level city, and the former Bijie City was rechristened Qixingguan District.[1]
Because of its location on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and low latitude, Bijie has a subtropical highland climate, bordering on humid subtropical (Köppen Cwb/Cwa, respectively). Winters are chilly, damp, and generally overcast, with January averaging 2.7 °C (36.9 °F) and occasional frosts. Summers are warm and humid with a July average of 21.6 °C (70.9 °F). The year averages out at 12.8 °C (55.0 °F). Rain is frequent year-round, but heaviest in the summer months.
| Climate data for Bijie (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.9 (48.0) |
17.57 (63.62) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.2 (61.2) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.2 (63.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
6.4 (43.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
9.68 (49.42) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 18.4 (0.724) |
18.5 (0.728) |
25.7 (1.012) |
56.4 (2.22) |
115.7 (4.555) |
141.7 (5.579) |
160.8 (6.331) |
156.8 (6.173) |
104.9 (4.13) |
57.9 (2.28) |
29.6 (1.165) |
13.1 (0.516) |
899.5 (35.413) |
| % humidity | 87 | 86 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 80 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 82.3 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 18.8 | 18.3 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 19.5 | 19.0 | 16.4 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 206.0 |
| Sunshine hours | 49.1 | 51.6 | 95.9 | 116.5 | 116.1 | 106.3 | 171.5 | 176.7 | 117.8 | 81.7 | 70.7 | 63.7 | 1,217.6 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
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