Dengta
灯塔市 | |
|---|---|
Zhaolin Square, Dengta City | |
Location in Liaoyang | |
| Coordinates: 41°26′N 123°20′E / 41.433°N 123.333°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Liaoning |
| Prefecture-level city | Liaoyang |
| Area | |
| 1,166.0 km2 (450.2 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 44 m (144 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 359,401 | |
| • Density | 308.23/km2 (798.32/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 359,401 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Dengta (simplified Chinese: 灯塔; traditional Chinese: 燈塔; pinyin: Dēngtǎ; lit. 'Lighthouse') is a city in east-central Liaoning province in Northeast China. It is located between Liaoyang, which oversees Dengta and lies 22 kilometers (14 mi) to the southwest, and Shenyang, the provincial capital which lies nearly double that distance to the northeast.
There are three subdistricts, 12 towns and one township under the city's administration.
Subdistricts:
Towns:
The only township is Jiguanshan Township (鸡冠山乡)
| Climate data for Dengta, elevation 42 m (138 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
35.9 (96.6) |
36.4 (97.5) |
36.2 (97.2) |
37.1 (98.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
11.1 (52.0) |
37.1 (98.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.3 (24.3) |
0.5 (32.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
6.3 (43.3) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
2.1 (35.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
18.1 (64.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
23.9 (75.0) |
18.2 (64.8) |
10.4 (50.7) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
9.1 (48.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.7 (3.7) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17.6 (63.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.7 (67.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−12.1 (10.2) |
4.0 (39.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −30.4 (−22.7) |
−23.9 (−11.0) |
−15.9 (3.4) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
0.1 (32.2) |
5.0 (41.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−27.7 (−17.9) |
−30.4 (−22.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.8 (0.23) |
9.1 (0.36) |
15.6 (0.61) |
34.9 (1.37) |
60.8 (2.39) |
92.3 (3.63) |
170.3 (6.70) |
154.3 (6.07) |
60.4 (2.38) |
45.7 (1.80) |
23.9 (0.94) |
11.1 (0.44) |
684.2 (26.92) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 84.8 |
| Average snowy days | 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 25.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 62 | 56 | 53 | 50 | 54 | 67 | 78 | 81 | 72 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 182.2 | 193.6 | 230.8 | 230.1 | 255.6 | 226.2 | 197.5 | 208.2 | 227.2 | 206.7 | 166.6 | 163.6 | 2,488.3 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 61 | 64 | 62 | 57 | 57 | 50 | 43 | 49 | 61 | 61 | 57 | 58 | 57 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administrationall-time extreme temperature | |||||||||||||