Fuyu, Jilin

Fuyu
扶余市
Fuyu is located in Jilin
Fuyu
Fuyu
Location in Jilin
Coordinates: 44°59′13″N 126°01′30″E / 44.987°N 126.025°E / 44.987; 126.025
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJilin
Prefecture-level citySongyuan
Municipal seatSanchahe (三岔河镇)
Area
 • County-level city4,464 km2 (1,724 sq mi)
 • Urban17.20 km2 (6.64 sq mi)
Elevation
183 m (600 ft)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • County-level city800,000
 • Urban
130,600
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
131203
Area code0438

Fuyu (simplified Chinese: 扶余; traditional Chinese: 扶餘; pinyin: Fúyú), formerly Fuyu County, is a county-level city in northwestern Jilin province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Songyuan, and is Songyuan's easternmost county-level division. It has a land area of 4,464 square kilometres (1,724 sq mi), and a population of 750,000.[when?] It lies 98 kilometres (61 mi) east-southeast of Songyuan and 140 kilometres (87 mi) northeast of Changchun, the provincial capital. The county seat is located in the town of Sanchahe (三岔河镇). The city name comes from Buyeo (Fuyu), an ancient kingdom located in parts of Northeast China.

Administrative divisions

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Map including Fuyu (labeled as 扶餘 FU-YU (Po-tu-no) 伯都諾) (AMS, 1955)

Fuyu is divided into nine towns and 17 townships.[2]

Towns:

Townships:

Climate

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Fuyu has a monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa), with long (lasting from November to March), very cold, windy, but dry winters, and hot, humid summers. The coldest month, January, averages −17.5 °C (0.5 °F), while the warmest month, July, averages 22.7 °C (72.9 °F); the annual mean is 4.8 °C (40.6 °F). Over two-thirds of the annual precipitation falls from June to August alone.

Climate data for Fuyu (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 3.2
(37.8)
11.5
(52.7)
21.5
(70.7)
30.3
(86.5)
34.5
(94.1)
38.6
(101.5)
35.5
(95.9)
35.5
(95.9)
30.5
(86.9)
27.1
(80.8)
18.8
(65.8)
10.2
(50.4)
38.6
(101.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −11.3
(11.7)
−5.4
(22.3)
3.6
(38.5)
14.2
(57.6)
21.6
(70.9)
26.5
(79.7)
27.9
(82.2)
26.7
(80.1)
21.8
(71.2)
12.9
(55.2)
0.6
(33.1)
−9.2
(15.4)
10.8
(51.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −17.3
(0.9)
−12.0
(10.4)
−2.5
(27.5)
7.8
(46.0)
15.5
(59.9)
21.0
(69.8)
23.2
(73.8)
21.6
(70.9)
15.4
(59.7)
6.5
(43.7)
−4.9
(23.2)
−14.7
(5.5)
5.0
(40.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −22.2
(−8.0)
−17.6
(0.3)
−8.2
(17.2)
1.5
(34.7)
9.4
(48.9)
15.6
(60.1)
18.8
(65.8)
17.1
(62.8)
9.5
(49.1)
1.1
(34.0)
−9.5
(14.9)
−19.4
(−2.9)
−0.3
(31.4)
Record low °C (°F) −37.3
(−35.1)
−37.2
(−35.0)
−26.1
(−15.0)
−11.8
(10.8)
−6.3
(20.7)
4.2
(39.6)
8.7
(47.7)
6.4
(43.5)
−2.5
(27.5)
−15.6
(3.9)
−26.9
(−16.4)
−34.9
(−30.8)
−37.3
(−35.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.7
(0.15)
4.7
(0.19)
11.0
(0.43)
18.7
(0.74)
54.7
(2.15)
94.6
(3.72)
131.1
(5.16)
114.1
(4.49)
50.1
(1.97)
26.5
(1.04)
14.1
(0.56)
7.2
(0.28)
530.5
(20.88)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.7 3.7 5.4 6.4 10.8 13.3 13.2 12.3 8.6 6.8 5.6 6.3 97.1
Average snowy days 7.8 5.5 7.2 2.4 0.2 0 0 0 0 2.1 6.7 8.9 40.8
Average relative humidity (%) 70 63 53 47 52 64 77 79 70 62 65 71 64
Mean monthly sunshine hours 162.7 186.6 221.7 216.9 235.6 225.5 209.6 208.2 216.2 188.6 151.9 143.5 2,367
Percent possible sunshine 57 63 60 53 51 49 45 48 58 56 54 53 54
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]
Source 2: Weather China[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ 松原市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  5. ^ 扶余 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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