Hulin 虎林市 | |
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)  Hulin Location in Heilongjiang | |
| Coordinates: 45°46′N 132°56′E / 45.767°N 132.933°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Heilongjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Jixi |
| Municipal seat | Hulin Town (虎林镇) |
| Elevation | 85 m (280 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 200,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 230381 |
| Climate | Dwb |
| Website | hljhulin |
Hulin (Chinese: 虎林; pinyin: Hǔlín; lit. 'tiger forest') is a county-level city on the Muling River in southeastern Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. With a population of around 200,000, it is under the administration of Jixi. Nearby are Lake Xingkai, 51 kilometres (32 mi) to the southwest, the Usuri River, which forms the Russian border 38 kilometres (24 mi) to the east. The main agricultural products include soybeans, cattle, milk, various organic produces, and lumber.[1]
Geography and climate
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Hulin has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with long, bitterly cold, but dry winters, and warm, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −18.3 °C (−1 °F) in January to 21.6 °C (71 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 3.49 °C (38.3 °F). More than 2/3 of the year's precipitation occurs from June to September.
| Climate data for Hulin (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) | 7.1 (44.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 26.2 (79.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 33.7 (92.7) | 35.2 (95.4) | 34.7 (94.5) | 31.5 (88.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 13.4 (56.1) | 4.7 (40.5) | 35.2 (95.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −13.2 (8.2) | −8.1 (17.4) | 0.6 (33.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 23.3 (73.9) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.5 (77.9) | 20.2 (68.4) | 11.4 (52.5) | −0.4 (31.3) | −10.2 (13.6) | 8.8 (47.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −18.3 (−0.9) | −13.6 (7.5) | −4.4 (24.1) | 5.5 (41.9) | 12.7 (54.9) | 18.0 (64.4) | 21.6 (70.9) | 20.7 (69.3) | 14.5 (58.1) | 5.7 (42.3) | −5.4 (22.3) | −15.1 (4.8) | 3.5 (38.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −23.1 (−9.6) | −19 (−2) | −9.8 (14.4) | 0.2 (32.4) | 7.0 (44.6) | 13.2 (55.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 16.4 (61.5) | 9.4 (48.9) | 0.7 (33.3) | −9.9 (14.2) | −19.6 (−3.3) | −1.4 (29.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34.7 (−30.5) | −31.9 (−25.4) | −30.3 (−22.5) | −11 (12) | −3.4 (25.9) | 5.0 (41.0) | 10.6 (51.1) | 6.1 (43.0) | −2.6 (27.3) | −14.4 (6.1) | −27.6 (−17.7) | −31.5 (−24.7) | −34.7 (−30.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.4 (0.21) | 5.8 (0.23) | 12.4 (0.49) | 33.4 (1.31) | 55.2 (2.17) | 82.1 (3.23) | 108.2 (4.26) | 112.5 (4.43) | 78.0 (3.07) | 48.6 (1.91) | 15.9 (0.63) | 8.1 (0.32) | 565.6 (22.26) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.9 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 116.5 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||