Shehong
射洪市 | |
|---|---|
Location of Shehong County (red) within Suining City (yellow) and Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 30°52′16″N 105°23′17″E / 30.871°N 105.388°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Suining |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,497 km2 (578 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 732,380 |
| • Density | 489.2/km2 (1,267/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Shehong (Chinese: 射洪; pinyin: Shèhóng) is a county-level city in the east of Sichuan province, China, located in the central part of the Sichuan Basin. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suining.
The city seat is the town of Taihe, which itself had a population of 732,380 in 2020 census.
The Fu River flows through the city seat as well as the towns of Jinhua and Liushu, along which hydropower stations provide electricity for the county and neighboring areas.
Shehong comprises 2 subdistricts and 21 towns:
| Climate data for Shehong, elevation 383 m (1,257 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
32.6 (90.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
37.0 (98.6) |
36.9 (98.4) |
40.8 (105.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
39.3 (102.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.7 (81.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
17.3 (63.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
10.3 (50.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
14.2 (57.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
3.6 (38.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
2.2 (36.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13.5 (0.53) |
14.5 (0.57) |
26.8 (1.06) |
59.2 (2.33) |
87.6 (3.45) |
147.0 (5.79) |
195.9 (7.71) |
163.8 (6.45) |
137.5 (5.41) |
57.5 (2.26) |
21.5 (0.85) |
11.0 (0.43) |
935.8 (36.84) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.8 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 125.1 |
| Average snowy days | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 78 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 54.8 | 62.6 | 106.4 | 143.8 | 151.6 | 135.1 | 178.9 | 185.0 | 108.2 | 77.1 | 65.5 | 45.8 | 1,314.8 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 17 | 20 | 28 | 37 | 36 | 32 | 42 | 46 | 30 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 29 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administrationall-time extreme temperatureall-time July high | |||||||||||||
Shehong has one national model secondary school, Shehong Secondary School. And three other provincial model secondary schools, Liushu Secondary School, Taihe Secondary School and Jinhua Secondary School.