Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County

Weining County 威宁县 · وِنٍْ شِیًا‎
County
威宁彝族回族苗族自治县 وِنٍْ یِذُو خُوِذُو مِیَوْذُو ذِجِشِیًا‎ Weining Yi Hui and Miao Autonomous County
Weining Location of the seat in Guizhou Weining Weining (Southwest China)
Coordinates (Weining County government): 26°52′26″N 104°15′10″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guizhou
Prefecture-level city	Bijie
Area
• Total	9,296 km2 (3,589 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	1,080,000
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	553100
Website	gzweining.gov.cn

Weining Yi Hui and Miao Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 威宁彝族回族苗族自治县; traditional Chinese: 威寧彝族回族苗族自治縣; pinyin: Wēiníng Yízú Huízú Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn; Xiao'erjing: وِنٍْ یِذُو خُوِذُو مِیَوْذُو ذِجِشِیًا‎) is a county of Guizhou, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Bijie.

Map including Weining (labelled as WEI-NING 威寧) (AMS, 1954)

Notable attractions include Majie Ethnic Yi Village (马街彝族村寨) and the historic site of Shimenkan church (石门坎教堂). In the early 20th century, the village of Shimenkan was known as the Overseas Heaven and a sacred civilized area due to the contributions by Rev. Sam Pollard, a British Methodist missionary.

Climate

Weining has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The monthly 24-hour mean temperature ranges from 2.4 °C (36.3 °F) in January to 17.7 °C (63.9 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 10.79 °C (51.4 °F). Over two-thirds of the annual rainfall occurs from June to September.

Climate data for Weining (1981−2010 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.8 (73.0)	23.6 (74.5)	28.2 (82.8)	28.7 (83.7)	30.7 (87.3)	31.5 (88.7)	28.5 (83.3)	28.6 (83.5)	30.0 (86.0)	25.1 (77.2)	23.2 (73.8)	21.6 (70.9)	31.5 (88.7)
Average high °C (°F)	8.8 (47.8)	11.1 (52.0)	15.3 (59.5)	18.8 (65.8)	20.3 (68.5)	21.0 (69.8)	22.2 (72.0)	22.1 (71.8)	19.4 (66.9)	15.5 (59.9)	12.9 (55.2)	9.6 (49.3)	16.4 (61.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.4 (36.3)	4.5 (40.1)	7.9 (46.2)	11.8 (53.2)	14.4 (57.9)	16.3 (61.3)	17.7 (63.9)	17.4 (63.3)	14.8 (58.6)	11.1 (52.0)	7.5 (45.5)	3.7 (38.7)	10.8 (51.4)
Average low °C (°F)	−1.4 (29.5)	0.4 (32.7)	3.4 (38.1)	7.3 (45.1)	10.5 (50.9)	13.3 (55.9)	14.8 (58.6)	14.4 (57.9)	11.9 (53.4)	8.4 (47.1)	4.3 (39.7)	0.1 (32.2)	7.3 (45.1)
Record low °C (°F)	−11.4 (11.5)	−10.2 (13.6)	−10 (14)	−5.4 (22.3)	0.1 (32.2)	6.5 (43.7)	6.9 (44.4)	8.0 (46.4)	3.1 (37.6)	−2.9 (26.8)	−6.3 (20.7)	−11.3 (11.7)	−11.4 (11.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	11.5 (0.45)	10.4 (0.41)	19.1 (0.75)	39.2 (1.54)	87.3 (3.44)	173.7 (6.84)	174.1 (6.85)	144.3 (5.68)	108.0 (4.25)	63.4 (2.50)	21.4 (0.84)	7.1 (0.28)	859.5 (33.83)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	13.4	13.1	11.6	14.0	18.0	20.7	19.0	18.4	17.5	17.7	12.5	11.5	187.4
Average relative humidity (%)	79	74	71	71	76	82	82	81	82	86	82	80	79
Source 1: China Meteorological Data Service Center
Source 2: Weather China (precipitation days 1971–2000)

External links

• Official website of Weining Government