Yuanping

The territory of present-day Yuanping was held by Zhao during the Warring States Period of Chinese history. Under the Qin dynasty, it was part of Taiyuan Commandary. It became {{nowrap|Yuanping County}} in 114{{nbsp}}BC under Emperor Wu of the Han. It became {{nowrap|Xinxing County}} in Jian'an 15 during the Eastern Han. Three years later, its name was restored as Yuanping County, but it was moved to Yanmen Commandery.

Yuanping is located nearly due north of Taiyuan, the provincial capital.

Yuanping has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), with cold and very dry winters, and hot, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from {{convert|−7.0|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|23.7|°C|1}} in July, and the annual mean is {{convert|9.55|°C|1}}. Nearly half of the {{convert|412|mm}} of precipitation occurs in July and August alone. Due to the high elevation and dry climate, the diurnal temperature variation easily exceeds {{convert|15|C-change}} in winter and spring. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 50% in July to 62% in four months, and the average annual total is 2,585 hours.

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|location = Yuanping, elevation {{convert|828|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals)

|Jan high C = 0.4

|Feb high C = 4.9

|Mar high C = 11.9

|Apr high C = 19.8

|May high C = 25.7

|Jun high C = 29.0

|Jul high C = 29.7

|Aug high C = 28.0

|Sep high C = 23.5

|Oct high C = 17.1

|Nov high C = 8.4

|Dec high C = 1.6

|Jan mean C = -6.3

|Feb mean C = -1.9

|Mar mean C = 4.8

|Apr mean C = 12.6

|May mean C = 18.8

|Jun mean C = 22.5

|Jul mean C = 23.9

|Aug mean C = 22.2

|Sep mean C = 17.0

|Oct mean C = 10.2

|Nov mean C = 2.0

|Dec mean C = -4.6

|Jan low C = -11.5

|Feb low C = -7.3

|Mar low C = -1.1

|Apr low C = 5.8

|May low C = 11.9

|Jun low C = 16.4

|Jul low C = 18.9

|Aug low C = 17.4

|Sep low C = 11.7

|Oct low C = 4.7

|Nov low C = -2.9

|Dec low C = -9.4

|Jan record high C = 11.4 |Jan record low C = -25.2

|Feb record high C = 17.5 |Feb record low C = -21.5

|Mar record high C = 28.6 |Mar record low C = -15.5

|Apr record high C = 37.0 |Apr record low C = -5.8

|May record high C = 37.4 |May record low C = -1.1

|Jun record high C = 41.1 |Jun record low C = 7.3

|Jul record high C = 39.3 |Jul record low C = 10.9

|Aug record high C = 36.0 |Aug record low C = 7.4

|Sep record high C = 33.4 |Sep record low C = -1.2

|Oct record high C = 28.1 |Oct record low C = -9.1

|Nov record high C = 20.5 |Nov record low C = -21.3

|Dec record high C = 15.0 |Dec record low C = -24.3

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|year high F = |year low F =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 2.0

|Feb precipitation mm = 3.4

|Mar precipitation mm = 7.7

|Apr precipitation mm = 18.4

|May precipitation mm = 32.6

|Jun precipitation mm = 55.7

|Jul precipitation mm = 110.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 102.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 58.6

|Oct precipitation mm = 22.1

|Nov precipitation mm = 11.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 1.6

|Jan humidity = 44

|Feb humidity = 40

|Mar humidity = 38

|Apr humidity = 38

|May humidity = 39

|Jun humidity = 51

|Jul humidity = 66

|Aug humidity = 68

|Sep humidity = 65

|Oct humidity = 57

|Nov humidity = 52

|Dec humidity = 47

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 1.4

|Feb precipitation days = 2.0

|Mar precipitation days = 3.0

|Apr precipitation days = 4.3

|May precipitation days = 6.0

|Jun precipitation days = 9.7

|Jul precipitation days = 12.1

|Aug precipitation days = 10.9

|Sep precipitation days = 9.2

|Oct precipitation days = 5.5

|Nov precipitation days = 3.3

|Dec precipitation days = 1.2

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 150.7

|Feb sun = 161.9

|Mar sun = 201.0

|Apr sun = 227.0

|May sun = 254.3

|Jun sun = 217.1

|Jul sun = 205.2

|Aug sun = 198.6

|Sep sun = 185.5

|Oct sun = 188.3

|Nov sun = 154.9

|Dec sun = 146.8

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| Jan percentsun = 49

| Feb percentsun = 53

| Mar percentsun = 54

| Apr percentsun = 57

| May percentsun = 57

| Jun percentsun = 49

| Jul percentsun = 46

| Aug percentsun = 48

| Sep percentsun = 50

| Oct percentsun = 55

| Nov percentsun = 52

| Dec percentsun = 50

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 1.9

|Feb snow days = 3.0

|Mar snow days = 2.9

|Apr snow days = 0.7

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0.2

|Nov snow days = 2.4

|Dec snow days = 2.1

|year snow days =

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The city lies on the G55 Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway. Yuanping West railway station lies on the Datong–Xi'an high-speed railway and the Jining–Datong–Yuanping high-speed railway. Yuanping station is at the junction of the Beijing–Yuanping Railway and the Datong–Puzhou Railway.

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• [http://www.yuanping.gov.cn www.yuanping.gov.cn] {{in lang|zh}}

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