Shaowu (Chinese: 邵武; pinyin: Shàowǔ) is a county-level city in northwestern Fujian province, People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the Wuyi Mountains and bordering Jiangxi province to the west. It has more than 100,000 inhabitants. The local dialect combines elements from Northern Min and Gan Chinese.
Shaowu
邵武市
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Bayi Bridge
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| Nickname:
Southern Wuyi
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Location of Shaowu City within Nanping City
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  Shaowu Location of the city center in Fujian | |
| Coordinates (Shaowu government): 27°20′25″N 117°29′33″E / 27.3403°N 117.4925°E / 27.3403; 117.4925 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Nanping |
| Government | |
| • CPC City Committee Secretary | He Guangsong |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,859.6 km2 (1,104.1 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 300,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
354000
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| Area code | (86)0599 |
| Website | www.shaowu.gov.cn |
Shaowu has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with short, mild winters and very hot, humid summers. The monthly daily mean temperature ranges from 7.5 °C (45.5 °F) in January to 27.9 °C (82.2 °F) in July. There is a marked decline in rainfall in autumn and early winter, and rainfall is both frequent and heavy during spring and early summer.
| Climate data for Shaowu (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.5 (81.5) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.8 (91.0) |
35.1 (95.2) |
35.7 (96.3) |
37.3 (99.1) |
40.4 (104.7) |
40.3 (104.5) |
38.3 (100.9) |
35.8 (96.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
40.4 (104.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
24.1 (75.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.5 (86.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.6 (92.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
25.5 (77.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.5 (81.5) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.0 (68.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
9.1 (48.4) |
18.4 (65.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.8 (49.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
5.1 (41.2) |
14.7 (58.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
2.2 (36.0) |
8.4 (47.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
15.9 (60.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.9 (3.11) |
106.3 (4.19) |
227.7 (8.96) |
219.0 (8.62) |
277.5 (10.93) |
378.8 (14.91) |
181.9 (7.16) |
158.3 (6.23) |
78.6 (3.09) |
50.9 (2.00) |
81.2 (3.20) |
63.3 (2.49) |
1,902.4 (74.89) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.1 | 13.5 | 18.7 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 18.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 159 |
| Average snowy days | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 78.7 | 78.5 | 79.2 | 95.6 | 111.1 | 107.5 | 199.6 | 183.4 | 159.1 | 155.4 | 118.4 | 109.9 | 1,476.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 24 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 47 | 46 | 43 | 44 | 37 | 34 | 33 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[3] | |||||||||||||
