Datian County
大田县
Tatien
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  Datian Location in Fujian | |
| Coordinates: 25°46′N 117°50′E / 25.767°N 117.833°E / 25.767; 117.833 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Sanming |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Datianⓘ (simplified Chinese: 大田县; traditional Chinese: 大田縣; pinyin: Dàtián Xiàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-chhân-koān) is a county of central Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is placed under the jurisdiction of the Sanming City.
Before the year 1535, this area belonged to four counties: Youxi, Dehua, Yong'an and Zhangping. Datian County was set up and affiliated to Yanping Fu (延平府, modern Nanping) in 1535. The county changed affiliate to Yongchun Zhou (永春州, modern Yongchun County) in 1734, then to Yong'an Division (永安专区, modern Sanming Prefecture) in 1949.
Towns:[1]
Townships:
The population of the district was 362,566 inhabitants in 1999.[2]
The people speak Datian Min, which is sometimes considered a dialect of Southern Min (Minnan), although due to its low intelligibility with the latter is also considered a separate branch of Min Chinese.
| Climate data for Datian, elevation 400 m (1,300 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.8 (92.8) |
34.9 (94.8) |
35.8 (96.4) |
37.7 (99.9) |
39.6 (103.3) |
39.5 (103.1) |
37.6 (99.7) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.4 (95.7) |
29.7 (85.5) |
39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.7 (92.7) |
32.9 (91.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
25.4 (77.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.2 (59.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
7.7 (45.9) |
15.6 (60.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
4.1 (39.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65.3 (2.57) |
92.6 (3.65) |
156.8 (6.17) |
169.2 (6.66) |
223.8 (8.81) |
249.6 (9.83) |
132.7 (5.22) |
207.4 (8.17) |
121.8 (4.80) |
49.0 (1.93) |
49.2 (1.94) |
45.8 (1.80) |
1,563.2 (61.55) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.3 | 13.0 | 17.2 | 16.2 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 14.3 | 17.3 | 12.6 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 160.2 |
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 79 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 99.0 | 88.3 | 93.2 | 111.5 | 114.9 | 129.3 | 199.3 | 174.4 | 148.2 | 149.6 | 123.0 | 114.0 | 1,544.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 30 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 48 | 44 | 41 | 42 | 38 | 35 | 35 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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