Doilungdeqen District Climate
Doilungdegen district belonged to the humid monsoon climate. The winter is long and summer is short. the rainfall concentrated in the June to September. The vertical distribution characteristics of climate obviously and different altitude climate varies. There are about 120 frost-free days annually. Annual mean temperature is 7 °C (45 °F), with temperatures in January falling below −10 °C (14 °F) Annual precipitation is about 440 millimeters (17 in), with autumn rainfall of 310 millimeters (12 in). Due to this special climate, the district is agriculturally rich and was used by the Tibetan kings as a source of food for Lhasa.
