Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County
Weining Yi Hui and Miao Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 威宁彝族回族苗族自治县; traditional Chinese: 威寧彝族回族苗族自治縣; pinyin: Wēiníng Yízú Huízú Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn; Xiao'erjing: وِنٍْ یِذُو خُوِذُو مِیَوْذُو ذِجِشِیًا) is a county of Guizhou, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Bijie.
Weining County
威宁县 · وِنٍْ شِیًا | |
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威宁彝族回族苗族自治县 وِنٍْ یِذُو خُوِذُو مِیَوْذُو ذِجِشِیًاWeining Yi Hui and Miao Autonomous County | |
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  Weining Location of the seat in Guizhou  Weining Weining (Southwest China) | |
| Coordinates (Weining County government): 26°52′26″N 104°15′10″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Prefecture-level city | Bijie |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,296 km2 (3,589 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 1,080,000 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 553100 |
| Website | gzweining |
Notable attractions include Majie Ethnic Yi Village (马街彝族村寨) and the relics of Shimenkan church (石门坎教堂). In the early 20th century, the village of Shimenkan was known as the Overseas Heaven and a sacred civilized area due to the contributions by Sam Pollard, a British priest.
Climate
Weining has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The monthly 24-hour mean temperature ranges from 2.4 °C (36.3 °F) in January to 17.7 °C (63.9 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 10.79 °C (51.4 °F). Over two-thirds of the annual rainfall occurs from June to September.
| Climate data for Weining (1981−2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) |
23.6 (74.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.6 (83.5) |
30.0 (86.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.4 (66.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
9.6 (49.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.7 (38.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −1.4 (29.5) |
0.4 (32.7) |
3.4 (38.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
4.3 (39.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
7.3 (45.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.4 (11.5) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−10 (14) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
0.1 (32.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11.5 (0.45) |
10.4 (0.41) |
19.1 (0.75) |
39.2 (1.54) |
87.3 (3.44) |
173.7 (6.84) |
174.1 (6.85) |
144.3 (5.68) |
108.0 (4.25) |
63.4 (2.50) |
21.4 (0.84) |
7.1 (0.28) |
859.5 (33.83) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.4 | 13.1 | 11.6 | 14.0 | 18.0 | 20.7 | 19.0 | 18.4 | 17.5 | 17.7 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 187.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 76 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 86 | 82 | 80 | 79 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China (precipitation days 1971–2000) | |||||||||||||