Urad Middle Banner
| Urad Middle Banner 乌拉特中旗 • ᠤᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ | |
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| Banner | |
  Urad Middle Banner Location in Inner Mongolia | |
| Coordinates: 41°34′N 108°32′E / 41.567°N 108.533°ECoordinates: 41°34′N 108°32′E / 41.567°N 108.533°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Inner Mongolia |
| Prefecture-level city | Bayannur |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Urad Middle Banner (Mongolian: ᠤᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ Урад-ун Думдаду Қосиу Urad-un Dumdadu Qosiɣu; simplified Chinese: 乌拉特中旗; traditional Chinese: 烏拉特中旗; pinyin: Wūlātè Zhōng Qí) is a banner of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It is located in the west of the region, and administratively is part of Bayan Nur City. It has a total area of 22,606 square kilometres (8,728 sq mi) and in 2004 had a population of 140,000. Its seat is located in the town of Haliut (海流图镇).
Climate
Urad Middle Banner has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), barely avoiding arid designation, with very cold and dry winters, hot, somewhat humid summers, and strong winds, especially in spring. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −13.7 °C (7.3 °F) in January to 22.3 °C (72.1 °F) in July, with the annual mean at 5.28 °C (41.5 °F). The annual precipitation is 200 millimetres (7.87 in), with more than half of it falling in July and August alone. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 65% in July to 76% in October, sunshine is abundant year-round, and there are 3,164 hours of bright sunshine annually.
| Climate data for Urad Middle Banner (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
12.7 (54.9) |
2.8 (37) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
12.16 (53.89) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −19.3 (−2.7) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
0.0 (32) |
7.3 (45.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.1 (61) |
14.3 (57.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−0.98 (30.24) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.5 (0.059) |
1.9 (0.075) |
3.7 (0.146) |
4.3 (0.169) |
9.6 (0.378) |
24.4 (0.961) |
63.5 (2.5) |
54.8 (2.157) |
22.7 (0.894) |
10.1 (0.398) |
2.2 (0.087) |
1.1 (0.043) |
199.8 (7.867) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 50.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 59 | 51 | 40 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 52 | 57 | 51 | 51 | 56 | 59 | 48.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 220.7 | 217.6 | 264.6 | 282.1 | 321.6 | 311.9 | 298.5 | 286.0 | 276.7 | 258.6 | 217.7 | 208.1 | 3,164.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 75 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 65 | 67 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 73 | 71 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||