| Liangping County 梁平县 |
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|---|---|
| — District — | |
| Liangping County in Chongqing | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Municipality | Chongqing |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,890 km2 (729.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 880,000 |
| • Density | 465.6/km2 (1,205.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Liangping County (simplified Chinese: 梁平县; traditional Chinese: 梁平縣; pinyin: Liángpíng Xiàn), formerly Liangshan County (梁山县), is a county in the north of Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China.
Liangping County has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with four distinct seasons and ample rainfall: winters are short, mild, and comparatively dry, while summers are long, hot, and humid. Monthly daily average temperatures range from 5.7 °C (42.3 °F) in January to around 27 °C (80.6 °F) in July and August, with August being slightly warmer. The diurnal temperature variation is 7.15 °C (12.9 °F) and is especially small during winter. Around 71% of the annual precipitation falls from May to September.
| Climate data for Liangping County (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
28.1 (82.6) |
31.4 (88.5) |
32.1 (89.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) |
4.8 (40.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.4 (57.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 17.8 (0.701) |
17.8 (0.701) |
49.4 (1.945) |
109.4 (4.307) |
163.3 (6.429) |
205.2 (8.079) |
211.8 (8.339) |
153.1 (6.028) |
179.1 (7.051) |
109.1 (4.295) |
52.1 (2.051) |
23.6 (0.929) |
1,291.7 (50.854) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.6 | 9.2 | 12.3 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 15.5 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 151.8 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||