Hequ County
河曲县
Hokü
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Location in Xinzhou
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  Hequ Location in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 39°16′33″N 111°24′25″E / 39.2758°N 111.407°E / 39.2758; 111.407 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
| Population
(2020[1])
| 123,505 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Hequ (Chinese: 河曲; pinyin: Héqǔ) is a county in the northwest of Shanxi province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west and Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is under the administration of Xinzhou city.
| Climate data for Hequ, elevation 862 m (2,828 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) | 9.9 (49.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
37.0 (98.6) |
36.8 (98.2) |
42.2 (108.0) |
40.9 (105.6) |
37.0 (98.6) |
36.4 (97.5) |
29.7 (85.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
42.2 (108.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
29.0 (84.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
0.4 (32.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
3.2 (37.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
8.5 (47.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.4 (0.7) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
3.1 (37.6) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
1.5 (34.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −32.8 (−27.0) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−21.9 (−7.4) |
−29.4 (−20.9) |
−32.8 (−27.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.8 (0.11) |
3.0 (0.12) |
8.5 (0.33) |
16.0 (0.63) |
35.5 (1.40) |
48.2 (1.90) |
100.9 (3.97) |
90.4 (3.56) |
49.7 (1.96) |
22.3 (0.88) |
8.2 (0.32) |
1.9 (0.07) |
387.4 (15.25) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 71 |
| Average snowy days | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 15 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61 | 54 | 46 | 41 | 43 | 51 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 62 | 60 | 58 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 145.5 | 163.5 | 207.9 | 232.7 | 260.8 | 249.4 | 240.7 | 229.0 | 206.4 | 205.6 | 168.6 | 142.8 | 2,452.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 48 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 60 | 57 | 49 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
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