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
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
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| Record high °C (°F)
|
25.5
(77.9)
|
30.6
(87.1)
|
34.5
(94.1)
|
35.2
(95.4)
|
36.9
(98.4)
|
37.3
(99.1)
|
40.5
(104.9)
|
41.1
(106.0)
|
38.0
(100.4)
|
37.3
(99.1)
|
32.5
(90.5)
|
25.5
(77.9)
|
41.1
(106.0)
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| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
10.6
(51.1)
|
13.5
(56.3)
|
17.1
(62.8)
|
23.7
(74.7)
|
28.0
(82.4)
|
30.8
(87.4)
|
34.1
(93.4)
|
33.4
(92.1)
|
30.0
(86.0)
|
25.4
(77.7)
|
19.6
(67.3)
|
13.6
(56.5)
|
23.3
(74.0)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
6.5
(43.7)
|
8.9
(48.0)
|
12.5
(54.5)
|
18.4
(65.1)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
26.0
(78.8)
|
28.6
(83.5)
|
27.9
(82.2)
|
24.6
(76.3)
|
19.6
(67.3)
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13.9
(57.0)
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8.4
(47.1)
|
18.2
(64.7)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
3.7
(38.7)
|
5.8
(42.4)
|
9.4
(48.9)
|
14.8
(58.6)
|
19.2
(66.6)
|
22.7
(72.9)
|
24.6
(76.3)
|
24.2
(75.6)
|
20.9
(69.6)
|
15.6
(60.1)
|
10.0
(50.0)
|
4.9
(40.8)
|
14.7
(58.4)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−5.4
(22.3)
|
−3.8
(25.2)
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−3.5
(25.7)
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1.9
(35.4)
|
8.5
(47.3)
|
13.1
(55.6)
|
16.6
(61.9)
|
17.9
(64.2)
|
12.2
(54.0)
|
2.4
(36.3)
|
−2.1
(28.2)
|
−8.8
(16.2)
|
−8.8
(16.2)
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| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
84.1
(3.31)
|
97.7
(3.85)
|
195.3
(7.69)
|
207.0
(8.15)
|
235.9
(9.29)
|
263.6
(10.38)
|
153.4
(6.04)
|
140.5
(5.53)
|
80.3
(3.16)
|
60.1
(2.37)
|
87.2
(3.43)
|
60.4
(2.38)
|
1,665.5
(65.58)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
|
15.0
|
15.0
|
19.5
|
18.2
|
17.2
|
16.5
|
11.5
|
14.1
|
10.4
|
8.9
|
11.3
|
11.4
|
169
|
| Average snowy days
|
2.7
|
1.5
|
0.4
|
0.1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0.1
|
0.8
|
5.6
|
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
81
|
81
|
82
|
80
|
80
|
81
|
75
|
77
|
78
|
76
|
78
|
78
|
79
|
| Mean monthly sunshine hours
|
62.9
|
62.6
|
70.5
|
99.3
|
123.2
|
128.5
|
214.7
|
191.1
|
151.2
|
136.8
|
118.0
|
104.8
|
1,463.6
|
| Percent possible sunshine
|
19
|
20
|
19
|
26
|
29
|
31
|
51
|
48
|
41
|
39
|
37
|
33
|
33
|
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]
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