Jarud Banner

Jarud Banner (Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠷᠤᠳ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ; Chinese: 扎鲁特旗) is a banner of eastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Tongliao City, 150 kilometres (93 mi), and the China National Highway 304 passes through the area.

Jarud Banner

扎鲁特旗ᠵᠠᠷᠤᠳᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ
Tongliao divisions: Jarud Banner is 6 on this map
Jarud
Location in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 44°33′N 120°55′E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionInner Mongolia
Prefecture-level cityTongliao
Elevation
264 m (866 ft)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Jarud Banner
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese扎鲁特旗
Traditional Chinese扎魯特旗
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicЖаруд қосиу
Mongolian scriptᠵᠠᠷᠤᠳᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ

Climate

Jarud Banner has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), with very cold and dry winters, hot, somewhat humid summers, and strong winds, especially in spring. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −12.2 °C (10.0 °F) in January to 24.1 °C (75.4 °F) in July, with the annual mean at 7.06 °C (44.7 °F). The annual precipitation is 362 millimetres (14.3 in), with more than half of it falling in July and August alone. There are 2,883 hours of bright sunshine annually, with each of the winter months having over two-thirds of the possible total, and this percentage falling to 54 in July.

Climate data for Jarud Banner (1981−2010 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −6.3
(20.7)
−1.5
(29.3)
5.9
(42.6)
16.2
(61.2)
23.6
(74.5)
28.0
(82.4)
29.4
(84.9)
28.5
(83.3)
23.2
(73.8)
14.7
(58.5)
3.2
(37.8)
−4.4
(24.1)
13.4
(56.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) −12.2
(10.0)
−8.1
(17.4)
−0.9
(30.4)
9.3
(48.7)
17.0
(62.6)
21.9
(71.4)
24.1
(75.4)
22.6
(72.7)
16.2
(61.2)
7.7
(45.9)
−2.9
(26.8)
−10.0
(14.0)
7.1
(44.7)
Average low °C (°F) −16.5
(2.3)
−13.2
(8.2)
−6.7
(19.9)
2.7
(36.9)
10.2
(50.4)
16.0
(60.8)
19.1
(66.4)
17.3
(63.1)
10.2
(50.4)
2.0
(35.6)
−7.6
(18.3)
−14.2
(6.4)
1.6
(34.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.8
(0.03)
0.7
(0.03)
3.8
(0.15)
12.5
(0.49)
27.0
(1.06)
68.7
(2.70)
123.2
(4.85)
79.6
(3.13)
29.1
(1.15)
12.1
(0.48)
3.2
(0.13)
1.3
(0.05)
362.0
(14.25)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.3 1.3 2.5 3.3 6.2 12.2 12.7 10.7 6.6 3.8 2.0 1.6 64.2
Average relative humidity (%) 44 39 36 34 39 55 67 65 55 46 45 46 48
Mean monthly sunshine hours 205.1 213.7 263.2 260.5 282.2 262.1 253.3 262.2 254.0 240.3 198.4 187.9 2,882.9
Percent possible sunshine 72 73 72 65 62 57 54 61 68 71 69 69 65
Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days and sunshine 19712000)[1][2]
Map including part of Jarud Banner (AMS, 1955)

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