Yuanping City

Yuanping
—  County-level city  —
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Chinese
 • Pinyin
Country China
Province Shanxi
Prefecture Xinzhou
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
postcode

Yuanping {原平} is a county-level city in Shanxi, China. Yuanping is in central Shanxi, north of Taiyuan, and is the largest county-level city in the province.

Transportation

Yuanping is at the junction of the Beijing-Yuanping Railway and the Datong-Puzhou Railway.

Climate

Climate data for Yuanping (1971–2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −0.1
(31.8)
3.5
(38.3)
10.1
(50.2)
19.0
(66.2)
25.3
(77.5)
28.6
(83.5)
29.2
(84.6)
27.5
(81.5)
23.1
(73.6)
17.0
(62.6)
8.1
(46.6)
1.5
(34.7)
16.06666667
(60.92)
Average low °C (°F) −13.7
(7.3)
−9.5
(14.9)
−3
(27)
3.9
(39.0)
10.2
(50.4)
14.7
(58.5)
17.7
(63.9)
16.3
(61.3)
10.0
(50.0)
3.3
(37.9)
−4.4
(24.1)
−11.3
(11.7)
2.85000000
(37.13)
Precipitation mm (inches) 1.9
(0.075)
3.7
(0.146)
9.2
(0.362)
15.9
(0.626)
30.7
(1.209)
54.9
(2.161)
102.9
(4.051)
114.8
(4.52)
52.6
(2.071)
19.9
(0.783)
8.9
(0.35)
1.7
(0.067)
417.1
(16.421)
humidity 47 45 48 42 43 54 69 73 68 59 57 51 54.7
Avg. precipitation days 1.7 2.4 3.7 4.3 5.7 9.7 13.3 12.8 9.2 5.4 3.0 1.3 72.5
Sunshine hours 185.7 185.8 211.2 238.0 273.8 255.2 226.4 222.6 217.6 216.3 181.6 170.5 2,584.7
Source: 中国气象局

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