Wangmo County
望谟县
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| Coordinates (Wangmo County government): 25°10′29″N 106°05′41″E / 25.1746°N 106.0946°E / 25.1746; 106.0946 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Autonomous prefecture | Qianxinan |
| County seat | Wangmu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,005.5 km2 (1,160.4 sq mi) |
| Population
(2010)
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| • Total | 251,629 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Wangmo County (simplified Chinese: 望谟县; traditional Chinese: 望謨縣; pinyin: Wàngmó Xiàn) is a county in the southwest of Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the southeast. It is under the administration of the Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.
Wangmo County is divided into 4 subdistricts, 11 towns and 1 ethnic township:[1]
Wangmo recorded 122.5 millimetres (4.82 inches) of rainfall in one hour, on 9 June 2011, the most rainfall in the county in 200 years.[2] And on 20 June 2011, 312 mm (12.28 in) of rain fell in 3hrs in the county [3] as part of significant flooding across the region.
| Climate data for Wangmo, elevation 567 m (1,860 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) | 30.5 (86.9) |
34.4 (93.9) |
36.2 (97.2) |
38.8 (101.8) |
38.5 (101.3) |
37.3 (99.1) |
36.9 (98.4) |
37.2 (99.0) |
37.3 (99.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
38.8 (101.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
25.5 (77.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.1 (75.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
19.9 (67.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.9 (48.0) |
16.4 (61.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) |
0.6 (33.1) |
0.6 (33.1) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.2 (45.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26.3 (1.04) |
19.9 (0.78) |
37.8 (1.49) |
66.5 (2.62) |
185.8 (7.31) |
284.7 (11.21) |
215.7 (8.49) |
175.4 (6.91) |
93.9 (3.70) |
79.7 (3.14) |
40.7 (1.60) |
19.0 (0.75) |
1,245.4 (49.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.9 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 14.9 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 139.3 |
| Average snowy days | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 56.0 | 76.6 | 98.9 | 137.3 | 150.2 | 131.3 | 165.8 | 179.6 | 148.4 | 99.8 | 106.0 | 75.4 | 1,425.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 17 | 24 | 26 | 36 | 36 | 32 | 40 | 45 | 41 | 28 | 33 | 23 | 32 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
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