Lenghu

In 2018, the Mangnai and Lenghu administrative zones merged to established the county-level city of Mangnai.

Lenghu borders Da Qaidam to the east, Mangnai to the west, Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County (Gansu) to the north, and Ruoqiang County (Xinjiang) to the northwest, and is part of the northwestern Qaidam Basin in an area dotted frequently by yardangs.

As with most of northwestern Qinghai, Lenghu has an arid climate (Köppen BWk), with long, cold winters, and warm summers. It is the driest locale in the country,{{Cite web|url=http://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101150207.shtml|title = 冷湖 - 气象数据 -中国天气网}} with only {{convert|16.1|mm|2|abbr=on}} of precipitation annually, and it is not uncommon for months to pass by without any rainfall, though underground water resources are plentiful. The monthly 24-hour average temperature drops to {{convert|-12.5|°C|1}} in January and rises to {{convert|17.1|°C|0}} in July, while the annual mean is {{convert|2.82|°C|1}}; diurnal temperature variation is wide, averaging {{convert|17.4|C-change}} annually. The area is also extremely sunny; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 72% in July to 85% in October, the area receives 3,443 hours of bright sunshine annually.

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|location = Lenghu, elevation {{convert|2770|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010)

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|collapsed = Y

|Jan record high C = 8.9

|Feb record high C = 12.4

|Mar record high C = 19.6

|Apr record high C = 27.1

|May record high C = 28.2

|Jun record high C = 33.1

|Jul record high C = 35.7

|Aug record high C = 35.9

|Sep record high C = 30.0

|Oct record high C = 21.5

|Nov record high C = 13.0

|Dec record high C = 6.7

|Jan record low C = -32.0

|Feb record low C = -30.9

|Mar record low C = -29.2

|Apr record low C = -19.3

|May record low C = -12.5

|Jun record low C = -5.0

|Jul record low C = 0.7

|Aug record low C = -4.0

|Sep record low C = -10.3

|Oct record low C = -18.4

|Nov record low C = -26.5

|Dec record low C = -30.2

|Jan high C = -2.6

|Feb high C = 1.8

|Mar high C = 7.1

|Apr high C = 13.6

|May high C = 18.4

|Jun high C = 22.8

|Jul high C = 25.5

|Aug high C = 24.7

|Sep high C = 19.5

|Oct high C = 11.8

|Nov high C = 4.3

|Dec high C = -1.6

|Jan mean C = -12.1

|Feb mean C = -7.5

|Mar mean C = -1.8

|Apr mean C = 4.7

|May mean C = 10.3

|Jun mean C = 15.4

|Jul mean C = 18.1

|Aug mean C = 16.8

|Sep mean C = 11.1

|Oct mean C = 2.5

|Nov mean C = -5.3

|Dec mean C = -11.1

|Jan low C = -19.7

|Feb low C = -15.6

|Mar low C = -10.2

|Apr low C = -4.0

|May low C = 1.7

|Jun low C = 7.3

|Jul low C = 10.5

|Aug low C = 9.2

|Sep low C = 3.5

|Oct low C = -5.3

|Nov low C = -13.0

|Dec low C = -18.5

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 0.6

|Feb precipitation mm = 0.2

|Mar precipitation mm = 0.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 0.4

|May precipitation mm = 1.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 3.8

|Jul precipitation mm = 4.5

|Aug precipitation mm = 3.4

|Sep precipitation mm = 2.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 0.3

|Nov precipitation mm = 0

|Dec precipitation mm = 0.2

|Jan humidity = 37

|Feb humidity = 30

|Mar humidity = 26

|Apr humidity = 24

|May humidity = 25

|Jun humidity = 29

|Jul humidity = 32

|Aug humidity = 31

|Sep humidity = 30

|Oct humidity = 30

|Nov humidity = 34

|Dec humidity = 39

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 1.0

|Feb precipitation days = 0.3

|Mar precipitation days = 0.4

|Apr precipitation days = 0.4

|May precipitation days = 1.1

|Jun precipitation days = 2.1

|Jul precipitation days = 3.6

|Aug precipitation days = 2.5

|Sep precipitation days = 1.3

|Oct precipitation days = 0.3

|Nov precipitation days = 0.2

|Dec precipitation days = 0.6

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 228.4

|Feb sun = 232.0

|Mar sun = 280.6

|Apr sun = 303.0

|May sun = 327.7

|Jun sun = 306.9

|Jul sun = 307.3

|Aug sun = 306.3

|Sep sun = 284.8

|Oct sun = 285.3

|Nov sun = 239.0

|Dec sun = 222.0

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 75

| Feb percentsun = 76

| Mar percentsun = 75

| Apr percentsun = 76

| May percentsun = 74

| Jun percentsun = 69

| Jul percentsun = 69

| Aug percentsun = 74

| Sep percentsun = 78

| Oct percentsun = 84

| Nov percentsun = 80

| Dec percentsun = 76

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 1.3

|Feb snow days = 0.7

|Mar snow days = 0.7

|Apr snow days = 0.5

|May snow days = 0.8

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0.6

|Nov snow days = 0.5

|Dec snow days = 0.9

|year snow days =

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