Huining County
会宁县
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View of Huining from the south
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  Huining Location of the seat in Gansu | |
| Coordinates: 35°41′35″N 105°02′48″E / 35.692921°N 105.0466°E / 35.692921; 105.0466 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture-level city | Baiyin |
| County seat | Huishi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,439 km2 (2,486 sq mi) |
| Population
(2018)
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| • Total | 543,900 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
730700
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| Website | www |
Huining County (simplified Chinese: 会宁县; traditional Chinese: 會寧縣; pinyin: Huìníng Xiàn) is a county in the east of Gansu Province, bordering Ningxia to the east. It is under the administration of Baiyin City and located at its southeast end. Its postal code is 730700, and its population in 1999 was 569,599 people.
In October 1936, the Red Army met in Huining to celebrate the end of the Long March.[1][2]
Huining County is divided to 24 towns, 3 townships and 1 ethnic township.[3]
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| Climate data for Huining (1995–2020 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) | 14.9 (58.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
27.1 (80.8) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
35.9 (96.6) |
35.7 (96.3) |
32.3 (90.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
35.9 (96.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
8.9 (48.0) |
3.1 (37.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.5 (20.3) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
3.9 (39.0) |
10.1 (50.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.4 (9.7) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
3.7 (38.7) |
8.4 (47.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
10.0 (50.0) |
3.8 (38.8) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
2.6 (36.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.5 (−15.7) |
−23.3 (−9.9) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
7.3 (45.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−22.1 (−7.8) |
−26.5 (−15.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.1 (0.16) |
5.3 (0.21) |
9.4 (0.37) |
23.9 (0.94) |
44.4 (1.75) |
49.5 (1.95) |
74.3 (2.93) |
78.1 (3.07) |
46.0 (1.81) |
27.3 (1.07) |
6.2 (0.24) |
1.4 (0.06) |
369.9 (14.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 8.2 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 85.9 |
| Average snowy days | 8.0 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 32.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 62 | 60 | 54 | 50 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 61 | 62 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 183.6 | 175.0 | 207.2 | 221.2 | 235.5 | 229.3 | 221.3 | 210.5 | 154.6 | 162.0 | 173.5 | 190.7 | 2,364.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 59 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 50 | 51 | 42 | 47 | 57 | 63 | 54 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
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