Muling (Chinese: 穆棱; pinyin: Mùlíng) is a county-level city of Mudanjiang, southeastern Heilongjiang province, China, bordering Russia's Primorsky Krai to the east. As of 2004, it has an area of 6,094 square kilometres (2,353 sq mi) and a population of 330,000.
Administrative divisions
Muling City is divided into 6 towns and 2 townships.2
6 towns- Bamiantong (八面通镇), Muling (穆棱镇), Xiachengzi (下城子镇), Maqiaohe (马桥河镇), Xingyuan (兴源镇), Hexi (河西镇)
- Fulu (福录乡), Gonghe (共和乡)
Climate
| Climate data for Muling (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 4.8(40.6) | 10.0(50.0) | 18.8(65.8) | 30.0(86.0) | 33.9(93.0) | 37.4(99.3) | 37.4(99.3) | 36.0(96.8) | 31.3(88.3) | 28.5(83.3) | 19.3(66.7) | 9.7(49.5) | 37.4(99.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −12.3(9.9) | −6.4(20.5) | 2.7(36.9) | 13.3(55.9) | 21.5(70.7) | 26.8(80.2) | 28.6(83.5) | 26.8(80.2) | 21.2(70.2) | 11.7(53.1) | −1.0(30.2) | −10.6(12.9) | 10.2(50.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.8(0.0) | −12.7(9.1) | −3.3(26.1) | 7.3(45.1) | 15.7(60.3) | 21.5(70.7) | 24.0(75.2) | 22.0(71.6) | 15.7(60.3) | 6.4(43.5) | −5.7(21.7) | −15.4(4.3) | 4.8(40.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −22.2(−8.0) | −18.0(−0.4) | −8.8(16.2) | 1.5(34.7) | 9.9(49.8) | 16.3(61.3) | 19.6(67.3) | 17.8(64.0) | 10.8(51.4) | 1.8(35.2) | −9.6(14.7) | −19.3(−2.7) | 0.0(32.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.5(−35.5) | −36.6(−33.9) | −30.3(−22.5) | −10.6(12.9) | −3.7(25.3) | 2.5(36.5) | 8.2(46.8) | 5.3(41.5) | −6.0(21.2) | −16.7(1.9) | −28.6(−19.5) | −35.3(−31.5) | −37.5(−35.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.4(0.06) | 2.1(0.08) | 5.2(0.20) | 19.2(0.76) | 32.9(1.30) | 82.3(3.24) | 134.6(5.30) | 94.8(3.73) | 44.6(1.76) | 17.0(0.67) | 4.1(0.16) | 3.1(0.12) | 441.3(17.38) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.4 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 8.0 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 76.3 |
| Average snowy days | 5.4 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 30.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68 | 60 | 51 | 47 | 59 | 61 | 72 | 73 | 65 | 58 | 62 | 69 | 62 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 178.9 | 207.0 | 254.1 | 255.7 | 276.2 | 271.8 | 266.1 | 258.4 | 251.4 | 219.8 | 177.0 | 162.3 | 2,778.7 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 64 | 71 | 68 | 62 | 59 | 58 | 56 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 61 | 63 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration34 | |||||||||||||
See also
External links
References
"Profile of Muling" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20080314164055/http://www.xzqh.org/quhua/23hlj/1085ml.htm ↩
"国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07. http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/ ↩
中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 23 August 2022. 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) ↩
中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 5 July 2023. 中国气象数据网 ↩