Danba County

Rongzhag (Tibetan: རོང་བྲག, ZYPY: Rongzhag Zong), also Danba (Chinese: 丹巴; pinyin: Dānbā) is a county of the eastern Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province, China. The county seat is the town of Zhanggu (章谷镇).

Danba County
丹巴县 · རོང་བྲག།
County
The county seat
Location of Danba County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan.
Danba
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°57′N 101°51′E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
Township-level divisions1 town
14 townships
County seatZhanggu (章谷镇)
Area
 • Total4,656 km2 (1,798 sq mi)
Elevation
1,893 m (6,211 ft)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total70,000
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Climate
Climate data for Danba (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 23.2
(73.8)		 28.8
(83.8)		 33.5
(92.3)		 36.5
(97.7)		 36.8
(98.2)		 37.2
(99.0)		 37.7
(99.9)		 39.0
(102.2)		 35.4
(95.7)		 32.0
(89.6)		 25.3
(77.5)		 19.2
(66.6)		 39.0
(102.2)
Average high °C (°F) 11.3
(52.3)		 15.0
(59.0)		 19.6
(67.3)		 23.9
(75.0)		 26.4
(79.5)		 27.0
(80.6)		 28.8
(83.8)		 28.9
(84.0)		 25.2
(77.4)		 20.9
(69.6)		 16.6
(61.9)		 11.7
(53.1)		 21.3
(70.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.7
(40.5)		 7.9
(46.2)		 12.0
(53.6)		 15.9
(60.6)		 18.7
(65.7)		 20.0
(68.0)		 21.8
(71.2)		 21.8
(71.2)		 18.7
(65.7)		 14.6
(58.3)		 9.6
(49.3)		 5.1
(41.2)		 14.2
(57.6)
Average low °C (°F) −0.9
(30.4)		 2.1
(35.8)		 6.0
(42.8)		 9.7
(49.5)		 12.9
(55.2)		 15.2
(59.4)		 17.0
(62.6)		 16.9
(62.4)		 14.2
(57.6)		 10.2
(50.4)		 4.3
(39.7)		 −0.5
(31.1)		 8.9
(48.1)
Record low °C (°F) −7.0
(19.4)		 −5.2
(22.6)		 −3.4
(25.9)		 2.3
(36.1)		 4.7
(40.5)		 8.4
(47.1)		 10.8
(51.4)		 10.1
(50.2)		 7.3
(45.1)		 1.9
(35.4)		 −3.4
(25.9)		 −7.2
(19.0)		 −7.2
(19.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.8
(0.03)		 1.3
(0.05)		 14.3
(0.56)		 41.0
(1.61)		 79.4
(3.13)		 129.3
(5.09)		 108.5
(4.27)		 86.8
(3.42)		 105.8
(4.17)		 46.9
(1.85)		 6.7
(0.26)		 0.7
(0.03)		 621.5
(24.47)
Average relative humidity (%) 41 39 40 45 51 63 64 61 64 60 52 46 52
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[1]

References
  1. 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 October 2018.


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