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Jiayu County (simplified Chinese: 嘉鱼; traditional Chinese: 嘉魚; pinyin: Jiāyú Xiàn) is a county of southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, located on the southeast (right) bank of the Yangtze River. It is under the administration of Xianning City and has a land area of 1,018.4 square kilometres (393.2 sq mi), and a population of 360,000 in 2004.

Administrative divisions

Jiayu County consists of eight towns:[1] Yuyue (鱼岳), Luxi (陆溪), Gaotieling (高铁岭), Guanqiao (官桥), Xinjie (新街), Panjiawan (潘家湾), Dupu (渡普), Paizhouwan (簰洲湾).

Climate

Climate data for Jiayu (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 23.6
(74.5)
29.7
(85.5)
34.2
(93.6)
36.3
(97.3)
36.4
(97.5)
38.2
(100.8)
39.5
(103.1)
40.2
(104.4)
38.7
(101.7)
35.2
(95.4)
35.8
(96.4)
25.6
(78.1)
40.2
(104.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 8.4
(47.1)
11.5
(52.7)
16.2
(61.2)
22.7
(72.9)
27.2
(81.0)
30.3
(86.5)
33.4
(92.1)
32.8
(91.0)
28.8
(83.8)
23.3
(73.9)
17.3
(63.1)
11.1
(52.0)
21.9
(71.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.8
(40.6)
7.5
(45.5)
11.8
(53.2)
18.0
(64.4)
22.7
(72.9)
26.2
(79.2)
29.3
(84.7)
28.6
(83.5)
24.5
(76.1)
18.9
(66.0)
12.9
(55.2)
7.1
(44.8)
17.7
(63.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 2.1
(35.8)
4.5
(40.1)
8.5
(47.3)
14.3
(57.7)
19.2
(66.6)
23.1
(73.6)
26.1
(79.0)
25.5
(77.9)
21.3
(70.3)
15.7
(60.3)
9.7
(49.5)
4.1
(39.4)
14.5
(58.1)
Record low °C (°F) −6.3
(20.7)
−5.9
(21.4)
−1.3
(29.7)
2.8
(37.0)
10.5
(50.9)
14.1
(57.4)
19.4
(66.9)
16.8
(62.2)
12.1
(53.8)
4.6
(40.3)
−1.6
(29.1)
−8.1
(17.4)
−8.1
(17.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 68.4
(2.69)
81.8
(3.22)
117.6
(4.63)
170.0
(6.69)
183.1
(7.21)
247.4
(9.74)
210.8
(8.30)
121.1
(4.77)
69.7
(2.74)
77.7
(3.06)
69.7
(2.74)
39.9
(1.57)
1,457.2
(57.36)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 11.3 12.0 14.6 12.9 13.5 13.3 11.5 10.5 8.1 9.5 9.6 8.6 135.4
Average snowy days 4.4 2.3 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1.0 8.6
Average relative humidity (%) 78 77 77 76 76 80 77 78 76 76 76 74 77
Mean monthly sunshine hours 95.5 94.8 117.7 148.5 163.9 163.9 220.3 219.3 168.3 149.0 133.1 123.3 1,797.6
Percent possible sunshine 29 30 32 38 39 39 52 54 46 43 42 39 40
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]

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