Yanggao County

Yanggao County is a county in the northeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest and Hebei province to the east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Datong.

Yanggao County 阳高县 Yangkao
County
Yanggao Location of the seat in Shanxi
Coordinates: 40°21′40″N 113°44′56″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shanxi
Prefecture-level city	Datong
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Yanggao County
Traditional Chinese	陽高縣
Simplified Chinese	阳高县
Literal meaning	Sunny Heights County Yang-Heights County
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yánggāo Xiàn Wade–Giles Yang-kao Hsien

Former names
Gaoliu
Chinese	高柳
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gāoliǔ Wade–Giles Kao-liu

History

Yanggao was formerly known as Gaoliu. Under the Qin and Western Han, it was part of Dai Commandery. Under the Eastern Han, it served as the prefectural seat, although lost this status to Daixian (near present-day Yuzhou in Hebei) during the Three Kingdoms period.^[1]

Climate

Climate data for Yanggao, elevation 1,050 m (3,440 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	11.0 (51.8)	18.9 (66.0)	25.0 (77.0)	35.5 (95.9)	35.7 (96.3)	37.6 (99.7)	38.1 (100.6)	34.0 (93.2)	35.5 (95.9)	27.3 (81.1)	20.7 (69.3)	14.3 (57.7)	38.1 (100.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−2.8 (27.0)	2.0 (35.6)	9.1 (48.4)	17.3 (63.1)	23.5 (74.3)	27.2 (81.0)	28.4 (83.1)	26.8 (80.2)	22.4 (72.3)	15.2 (59.4)	6.1 (43.0)	−1.2 (29.8)	14.5 (58.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−9.7 (14.5)	−5.3 (22.5)	1.9 (35.4)	10.1 (50.2)	16.7 (62.1)	20.7 (69.3)	22.3 (72.1)	20.6 (69.1)	15.2 (59.4)	8.1 (46.6)	−0.5 (31.1)	−7.5 (18.5)	7.7 (45.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−15.3 (4.5)	−11.3 (11.7)	−4.5 (23.9)	2.9 (37.2)	9.6 (49.3)	14.1 (57.4)	16.5 (61.7)	14.7 (58.5)	8.7 (47.7)	1.9 (35.4)	−5.9 (21.4)	−12.7 (9.1)	1.6 (34.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−31.8 (−25.2)	−25.7 (−14.3)	−21.4 (−6.5)	−10.3 (13.5)	−2.8 (27.0)	1.0 (33.8)	9.2 (48.6)	4.2 (39.6)	−3.3 (26.1)	−10.5 (13.1)	−25.4 (−13.7)	−29.9 (−21.8)	−31.8 (−25.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	2.4 (0.09)	4.4 (0.17)	9.4 (0.37)	18.2 (0.72)	33.9 (1.33)	53.1 (2.09)	100.3 (3.95)	75.3 (2.96)	55.7 (2.19)	21.2 (0.83)	9.1 (0.36)	2.3 (0.09)	385.3 (15.15)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	1.9	2.7	4.0	4.8	7.3	11.3	13.6	11.5	9.1	5.7	3.2	1.8	76.9
Average snowy days	3.1	4.0	3.9	1.8	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.5	3.6	2.8	19.8
Average relative humidity (%)	49	43	39	36	38	52	66	68	63	55	51	48	51
Mean monthly sunshine hours	192.0	194.1	231.3	249.4	266.4	238.8	235.5	236.2	218.7	221.0	188.6	181.6	2,653.6
Percentage possible sunshine	64	64	62	62	60	53	52	56	59	65	64	63	60
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]

See also

• Other Gaolius