County in Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
Lianhua County (simplified Chinese: 莲花县; traditional Chinese: 蓮花縣; pinyin: Liánhuā Xiàn) is a county in the west of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Hunan province to the west. It is the southernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Pingxiang.
Geography
Lianhua lies in the Luoxiao Mountains, somewhat north of Jinggangshan.
Revolutionary History
Hard on the Hunan border, Lianhua was the headquarters of the (South-)Eastern Hunan Red Army Independent Division, and thus the administrative centre for the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet, a constituent part of the Chinese Soviet Republic of the early 1930s.
Administrative divisions
Lianhua County has 5 towns and 8 townships.[1]
- 5 towns
- 8 townships
Climate
Climate data for Lianhua (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
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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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Record high °C (°F)
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25.5 (77.9)
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30.6 (87.1)
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34.5 (94.1)
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35.2 (95.4)
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36.9 (98.4)
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37.3 (99.1)
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40.5 (104.9)
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41.1 (106.0)
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38.0 (100.4)
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37.3 (99.1)
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32.5 (90.5)
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25.5 (77.9)
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41.1 (106.0)
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Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
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10.6 (51.1)
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13.5 (56.3)
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17.1 (62.8)
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23.7 (74.7)
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28.0 (82.4)
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30.8 (87.4)
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34.1 (93.4)
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33.4 (92.1)
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30.0 (86.0)
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25.4 (77.7)
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19.6 (67.3)
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13.6 (56.5)
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23.3 (74.0)
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Daily mean °C (°F)
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6.5 (43.7)
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8.9 (48.0)
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12.5 (54.5)
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18.4 (65.1)
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22.9 (73.2)
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26.0 (78.8)
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28.6 (83.5)
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27.9 (82.2)
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24.6 (76.3)
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19.6 (67.3)
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13.9 (57.0)
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8.4 (47.1)
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18.2 (64.7)
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Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
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3.7 (38.7)
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5.8 (42.4)
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9.4 (48.9)
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14.8 (58.6)
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19.2 (66.6)
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22.7 (72.9)
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24.6 (76.3)
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24.2 (75.6)
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20.9 (69.6)
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15.6 (60.1)
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10.0 (50.0)
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4.9 (40.8)
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14.7 (58.4)
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Record low °C (°F)
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−5.4 (22.3)
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−3.8 (25.2)
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−3.5 (25.7)
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1.9 (35.4)
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8.5 (47.3)
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13.1 (55.6)
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16.6 (61.9)
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17.9 (64.2)
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12.2 (54.0)
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2.4 (36.3)
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−2.1 (28.2)
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−8.8 (16.2)
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−8.8 (16.2)
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Average precipitation mm (inches)
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84.1 (3.31)
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97.7 (3.85)
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195.3 (7.69)
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207.0 (8.15)
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235.9 (9.29)
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263.6 (10.38)
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153.4 (6.04)
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140.5 (5.53)
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80.3 (3.16)
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60.1 (2.37)
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87.2 (3.43)
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60.4 (2.38)
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1,665.5 (65.58)
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Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
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15.0
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15.0
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19.5
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18.2
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17.2
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16.5
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11.5
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14.1
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10.4
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8.9
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11.3
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11.4
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169
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Average snowy days
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2.7
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1.5
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0.4
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0.1
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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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0.1
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0.8
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5.6
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Average relative humidity (%)
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81
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81
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82
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80
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80
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81
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75
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77
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78
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76
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78
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78
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79
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Mean monthly sunshine hours
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62.9
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62.6
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70.5
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99.3
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123.2
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128.5
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214.7
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191.1
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151.2
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136.8
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118.0
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104.8
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1,463.6
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Percent possible sunshine
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19
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20
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19
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26
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29
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31
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51
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48
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41
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39
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37
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33
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33
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Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]
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