Darlag County
Darlag County (Tibetan: དར་ལག་རྫོང ; Chinese: 达日县; pinyin: Dárì Xiàn) is a county of southeastern Qinghai province, China, bordering Sichuan to the south and west. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The county seat is in the Town of Gyümai (Jimai).
Darlag County
达日县 · དར་ལག་རྫོང | |
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.png.webp) Darlag / Dari County (light red) within Golog Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai | |
  Darlag Location of the seat in Qinghai | |
| Coordinates: 33°24′N 99°20′E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Autonomous prefecture | Golog |
| Seat | Gyümai |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | dari.gov.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 达日县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 達日縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | དར་ལག་རྫོང | ||||||
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Geography
With an elevation of around 3,970 metres (13,020 ft), Darlag County has an alpine climate (Köppen EH), bordering on a subalpine climate (Köppen Cwc), with long, very cold winters, and short, rainy, cool summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from mid September to late May; however, due to the wide diurnal temperature variation, average highs are only below freezing from mid/late November thru early March. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 47% in June to 70% in November, the county seat receives 2,467 hours of bright sunshine annually. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −12.0 °C (10.4 °F) in January to 9.8 °C (49.6 °F) in July, while the annual mean is −0.53 °C (31.0 °F). Over 70% of the annual precipitation of 558 mm (22.0 in) is delivered from June to September.
| Climate data for Darlag County (1981−2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −2.6 (27.3) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
3.0 (37.4) |
7.2 (45.0) |
11.1 (52.0) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
12.9 (55.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
7.1 (44.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
0.3 (32.5) |
4.3 (39.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
9.8 (49.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.9 (42.6) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−0.5 (31.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −19.8 (−3.6) |
−16.4 (2.5) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
2.8 (37.0) |
4.6 (40.3) |
3.6 (38.5) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
−6.5 (20.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.6 (0.22) |
7.2 (0.28) |
13.7 (0.54) |
24.6 (0.97) |
58.3 (2.30) |
114.6 (4.51) |
114.7 (4.52) |
93.1 (3.67) |
81.6 (3.21) |
35.9 (1.41) |
5.3 (0.21) |
3.3 (0.13) |
557.9 (21.97) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.3 | 8.1 | 12.2 | 13.8 | 19.4 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 17.7 | 20.2 | 14.6 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 164.0 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 50 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 50 | 61 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 189.7 | 177.3 | 208.1 | 228.7 | 224.4 | 200.6 | 211.5 | 220.1 | 181.6 | 201.7 | 218.6 | 204.4 | 2,466.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 61 | 57 | 56 | 59 | 52 | 47 | 48 | 53 | 49 | 58 | 70 | 67 | 56 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days and sunshine 1971–2000)[1][2] | |||||||||||||
References
- 中国气象数据网 - WeatherBk Data (in Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）. China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
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