County in Guizhou, China
Suiyang County (simplified Chinese: 绥阳县; traditional Chinese: 綏陽縣; pinyin: Suíyáng Xiàn) is a county in Guizhou Province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi. It has an area of 2,566 square kilometers and a population of 560,000 as of 2017.[1]
Suiyang leaf-litter toad, Leptobrachella suiyangensis, is only known from the Huoqiuba Nature Reserve in Suiyang County.[2]
Administrative divisions
Suiyang County is divided into 1 subdistrict, 12 towns and 2 townships:[3]
- subdistrict
- towns
- Zhengchang 郑场镇
- Wangcao 旺草镇
- Puchang 蒲场镇
- Fenghua 风华镇
- Maoya 茅垭镇
- Jianba 枧坝镇
- Kuankuo 宽阔镇
- Huangyang 黄杨镇
- Qinggangtang 青杠塘镇
- Taibai 太白镇
- Wenquan 温泉镇
- Pingle 坪乐镇
- townships
- Dalucao 大路槽乡
- Xiaoguan 小关乡
Climate
Climate data for Suiyang, elevation 889 m (2,917 ft), (1991–2020 normals)
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Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
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7.3 (45.1)
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10.2 (50.4)
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14.9 (58.8)
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20.6 (69.1)
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24.3 (75.7)
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26.7 (80.1)
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29.7 (85.5)
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29.9 (85.8)
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25.9 (78.6)
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19.8 (67.6)
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15.2 (59.4)
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9.5 (49.1)
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19.5 (67.1)
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Daily mean °C (°F)
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4.4 (39.9)
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6.6 (43.9)
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10.6 (51.1)
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15.7 (60.3)
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19.5 (67.1)
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22.4 (72.3)
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24.9 (76.8)
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24.5 (76.1)
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21.1 (70.0)
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16.0 (60.8)
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11.4 (52.5)
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6.3 (43.3)
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15.3 (59.5)
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Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
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2.4 (36.3)
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4.3 (39.7)
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7.7 (45.9)
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12.4 (54.3)
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16.1 (61.0)
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19.5 (67.1)
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21.6 (70.9)
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20.9 (69.6)
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17.9 (64.2)
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13.6 (56.5)
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8.9 (48.0)
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4.1 (39.4)
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12.5 (54.4)
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Average precipitation mm (inches)
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23.6 (0.93)
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22.9 (0.90)
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47.5 (1.87)
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89.6 (3.53)
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152.2 (5.99)
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205.8 (8.10)
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163.1 (6.42)
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121.6 (4.79)
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98.6 (3.88)
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101.8 (4.01)
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44.3 (1.74)
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20.1 (0.79)
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1,091.1 (42.95)
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Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
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15.3
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14.4
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16.4
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16.9
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18.1
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17.9
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14.5
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13.2
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12.9
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17.3
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13.7
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13.2
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183.8
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Average snowy days
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4.6
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2.5
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0.6
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1.8
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9.5
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Average relative humidity (%)
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82
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80
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80
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80
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79
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82
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78
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77
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79
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83
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82
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80
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80
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Mean monthly sunshine hours
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26.0
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34.0
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55.3
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79.4
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92.9
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83.7
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151.1
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167.9
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109.7
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58.6
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55.4
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37.3
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951.3
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Percent possible sunshine
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8
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11
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15
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21
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22
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20
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36
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42
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30
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17
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17
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12
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21
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Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]
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