County in Guizhou, China
Kaiyang County (simplified Chinese: 开阳县; traditional Chinese: 開陽縣; pinyin: Kāiyáng Xiàn) is a county of central Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of Guiyang City.
Administrative divisions
Kaiyang County comprises 3 subdistricts, 7 towns, 5 townships and 3 ethnic townships:[1]
- subdistricts
- Xicheng Subdistrict 硒城街道
- Yunkai Subdistrict 云开街道
- Zixing Subdistrict 紫兴街道
- towns
- Shuangliu Town 双流镇
- Jinzhong Town 金中镇
- Fengsan Town 冯三镇
- Nanmudu Town 楠木渡镇
- Longgang Town 龙岗镇
- Yongwen Town 永温镇
- Huali Town 花梨镇
- townships
- Nanlong Township 南龙乡
- Zhaiji Township 宅吉乡
- Longshui Township 龙水乡
- Miping Township 米坪乡
- Maoyun Township 毛云乡
- ethnic townships
- Hefeng Bouyei and Miao Ethnic Township 禾丰布依族苗族乡
- Nanjiang Bouyei and Miao Ethnic Township 南江布依族苗族乡
- Gaozhai Miao and Bouyei Ethnic Township 高寨苗族布依族乡
Transport
Kaiyang railway station is the terminus of the Guiyang–Kaiyang intercity railway, opened in 2015.
Climate
Climate data for Kaiyang, elevation 1,299 m (4,262 ft), (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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21.8 (71.2)
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27.9 (82.2)
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29.3 (84.7)
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31.6 (88.9)
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33.1 (91.6)
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32.1 (89.8)
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33.7 (92.7)
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33.1 (91.6)
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32.6 (90.7)
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29.1 (84.4)
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24.5 (76.1)
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20.8 (69.4)
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33.7 (92.7)
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Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
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5.0 (41.0)
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8.2 (46.8)
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12.8 (55.0)
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18.3 (64.9)
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21.7 (71.1)
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23.8 (74.8)
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26.4 (79.5)
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26.5 (79.7)
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23.1 (73.6)
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17.4 (63.3)
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13.2 (55.8)
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7.4 (45.3)
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17.0 (62.6)
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Daily mean °C (°F)
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2.3 (36.1)
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4.8 (40.6)
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8.7 (47.7)
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14.0 (57.2)
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17.6 (63.7)
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20.2 (68.4)
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22.4 (72.3)
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22.1 (71.8)
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19.0 (66.2)
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14.1 (57.4)
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9.8 (49.6)
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4.4 (39.9)
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13.3 (55.9)
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Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
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0.6 (33.1)
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2.6 (36.7)
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6.2 (43.2)
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11.1 (52.0)
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14.8 (58.6)
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17.8 (64.0)
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19.7 (67.5)
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19.2 (66.6)
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16.3 (61.3)
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12.0 (53.6)
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7.5 (45.5)
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2.4 (36.3)
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10.9 (51.5)
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Record low °C (°F)
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−7.2 (19.0)
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−7.7 (18.1)
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−6.2 (20.8)
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0.0 (32.0)
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5.2 (41.4)
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10.6 (51.1)
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13.1 (55.6)
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13.6 (56.5)
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8.8 (47.8)
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2.4 (36.3)
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−5.3 (22.5)
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−8.0 (17.6)
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−8.0 (17.6)
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Average precipitation mm (inches)
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40.5 (1.59)
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34.2 (1.35)
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60.7 (2.39)
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101.2 (3.98)
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164.9 (6.49)
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191.6 (7.54)
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187.2 (7.37)
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123.3 (4.85)
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110.9 (4.37)
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111.9 (4.41)
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53.3 (2.10)
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33.6 (1.32)
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1,213.3 (47.76)
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Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
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18.2
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16.4
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19.1
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18.1
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18.9
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18.3
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14.2
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13.4
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12.9
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17.7
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14.8
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15.9
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197.9
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Average snowy days
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6.3
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3.5
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0.9
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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
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0.2
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2.9
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13.8
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Average relative humidity (%)
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89
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87
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86
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83
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82
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85
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81
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80
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81
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86
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84
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86
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84
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Mean monthly sunshine hours
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30.9
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43.3
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63.6
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90.1
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101.5
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86.7
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153.4
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161.1
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117.0
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67.1
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64.4
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46.8
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1,025.9
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Percent possible sunshine
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9
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14
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17
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23
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24
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21
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36
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40
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32
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19
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20
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14
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22
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Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]
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References