Zayu County Climate
Owing to the moderate elevation, Zayü has a subtropical highland climate with mild and quite dry winters, and warm, rainy summers. The rainy season lasts from March to September, and June through August each average more than 20 days of rainfall per month. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 5.5 °C (41.9 °F) in January to 19.9 °C (67.8 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 13.09 °C (55.6 °F). The frost-free period is 280 days annually. Here, the diurnal temperature range is not large, maxing out at 13.5 °C (24.3 °F) in November.
Climate data for Zayü (1971−2000) |
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Month |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
Record high °C (°F) |
19.0 |
21.6 |
24.2 |
28.9 |
30.2 |
31.6 |
31.9 |
31.1 |
30.3 |
29.5 |
22.8 |
19.8 |
31.9 |
Average high °C (°F) |
11.4 |
12.2 |
14.0 |
17.0 |
21.7 |
24.0 |
24.7 |
24.9 |
23.3 |
20.4 |
16.8 |
13.2 |
18.6 |
Daily mean °C (°F) |
5.5 |
6.7 |
8.8 |
11.7 |
16.1 |
19.1 |
19.9 |
19.8 |
18.4 |
14.5 |
10.0 |
6.6 |
13.1 |
Average low °C (°F) |
−0.4 |
1.2 |
3.6 |
6.4 |
10.6 |
14.3 |
15.2 |
14.8 |
13.6 |
8.7 |
3.3 |
0.0 |
7.6 |
Record low °C (°F) |
−5.5 |
−5 |
−2.4 |
−0.2 |
2.5 |
8.0 |
9.5 |
8.5 |
6.0 |
0.9 |
−2.9 |
−4.4 |
−5.5 |
Average precipitation mm (inches) |
14.1 |
30.7 |
91.4 |
129.4 |
74.0 |
83.0 |
108.4 |
108.4 |
76.5 |
61.3 |
18.1 |
12.4 |
807.7 |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) |
6.2 |
10.6 |
17.4 |
18.4 |
17.9 |
20.4 |
22.3 |
22.7 |
19.0 |
11.8 |
5.4 |
3.0 |
175.1 |
Source: Weather China |