Chaohu

Chaohu

巢湖市
Chaohu 巢湖市
County-level city
	Chaohu train station
	Chaohu in Hefei
	Hefei in Anhui
	Coordinates (Chaohu municipal government): 31°37′28″N 117°53′25″E
Country	China
Province	Anhui
Prefecture-level city	Hefei
Government
• Mayor	Zhang Sheng (张生)
• Secretary	Hu Qisheng (胡启生)
Area
• Total	2,063 km2 (797 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	727,162
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	238000
Area code(s)	0565 (abolished, now using 0551-8XXXXXXX)
License Plate Prefix	皖A (formerly 皖Q)

Chaohu (Chinese: 巢湖; pinyin: Cháohú) is a county-level city of Anhui Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hefei. Situated on the northeast and southeast shores of Lake Chao, from which the city was named, Chaohu is under the administration of Hefei, the provincial capital, and is the latter's easternmost county-level division.

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Formerly it was a prefecture-level city, which held administration over Wuwei, Lujiang, He and Hanshan counties until it dissolved on August 22, 2011. The Anhui provincial government announced in a controversial decision^[1] that the prefecture-level city Chaohu was to be split into three parts and absorbed into neighboring cities.^[2] Juchao District was renamed to Chaohu as a county-level city under Hefei's administration.^[3]

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Climate data for Chaohu, elevation 31 m (102 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	20.9 (69.6)	27.7 (81.9)	33.9 (93.0)	33.8 (92.8)	35.8 (96.4)	37.7 (99.9)	39.3 (102.7)	38.8 (101.8)	38.3 (100.9)	33.5 (92.3)	29.5 (85.1)	24.0 (75.2)	39.3 (102.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	7.3 (45.1)	10.2 (50.4)	15.3 (59.5)	21.8 (71.2)	26.9 (80.4)	29.4 (84.9)	32.7 (90.9)	32.1 (89.8)	28.1 (82.6)	22.8 (73.0)	16.4 (61.5)	9.9 (49.8)	21.1 (69.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	3.3 (37.9)	5.9 (42.6)	10.6 (51.1)	16.8 (62.2)	22.1 (71.8)	25.4 (77.7)	28.8 (83.8)	28.0 (82.4)	23.7 (74.7)	18.0 (64.4)	11.7 (53.1)	5.6 (42.1)	16.7 (62.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0.4 (32.7)	2.6 (36.7)	6.8 (44.2)	12.5 (54.5)	17.9 (64.2)	22.0 (71.6)	25.6 (78.1)	25.0 (77.0)	20.4 (68.7)	14.4 (57.9)	8.1 (46.6)	2.3 (36.1)	13.2 (55.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−13.2 (8.2)	−11.7 (10.9)	−3.9 (25.0)	0.7 (33.3)	8.7 (47.7)	13.3 (55.9)	17.3 (63.1)	17.9 (64.2)	11.9 (53.4)	2.1 (35.8)	−4.1 (24.6)	−11.3 (11.7)	−13.2 (8.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	56.2 (2.21)	64.3 (2.53)	91.4 (3.60)	93.1 (3.67)	95.4 (3.76)	186.6 (7.35)	201.9 (7.95)	162.2 (6.39)	71.1 (2.80)	52.1 (2.05)	57.7 (2.27)	39.7 (1.56)	1,171.7 (46.14)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	10.2	9.9	11.3	10.5	10.7	11.0	11.2	12.3	8.2	8.5	8.2	7.9	119.9
Average snowy days	4.2	2.4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	1.3	9.3
Average relative humidity (%)	76	74	72	70	71	77	78	79	78	74	75	73	75
Mean monthly sunshine hours	110.5	116.3	143.7	174.1	181.3	151.9	198.8	187.9	153.6	157.6	140.5	131.9	1,848.1
Percentage possible sunshine	35	37	39	45	43	36	46	46	42	45	45	42	42
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration^[4]^[5]
Source 2: Weather China^[6]

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