# Jinta County

Jinta County (Chinese: 金塔县; pinyin: Jīntǎ Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Gansu province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and east. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Jiuquan. Its postal code is 735300, and in 1999 its population was 137,816 people.

## Administrative divisions

Jinta County is divided to 7 towns, 2 townships and 2 others.

### Towns

| Zhongdong(中东镇) Dingxin(鼎新镇) Jinta(金塔镇) Dongba(东坝镇) | Hangtian(航天镇) Dazhuangzi(大庄子镇) Xiba(西坝镇) |

### Townships

* Gucheng Township(古城乡)
* Yangjingziwan Township(羊井子湾乡)

### Others

* Gansu Yasheng Agriculture and Industry Group Co., Ltd.(甘肃亚盛农工商集团有限责任公司)
* Industrial Park Management Committee(工业园区管委会)

## Climate

Climate data for Jinta, elevation 1,271 m (4,170 ft), (1991–2020 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) | 4.2 (39.6) | 11.9 (53.4) | 20.1 (68.2) | 25.6 (78.1) | 30.2 (86.4) | 32.2 (90.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 25.2 (77.4) | 17.5 (63.5) | 8.1 (46.6) | −0.4 (31.3) | 17.0 (62.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) | −3.7 (25.3) | 3.8 (38.8) | 12.0 (53.6) | 17.9 (64.2) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.8 (76.6) | 22.8 (73.0) | 16.6 (61.9) | 8.5 (47.3) | 0.4 (32.7) | −7.2 (19.0) | 9.1 (48.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.8 (5.4) | −10.2 (13.6) | −3.1 (26.4) | 4.0 (39.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 14.6 (58.3) | 17.0 (62.6) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.1 (48.4) | 1.3 (34.3) | −5.4 (22.3) | −12.5 (9.5) | 2.0 (35.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.6 (0.06) | 1.1 (0.04) | 3.4 (0.13) | 3.3 (0.13) | 4.8 (0.19) | 9.0 (0.35) | 17.8 (0.70) | 15.6 (0.61) | 8.4 (0.33) | 2.3 (0.09) | 1.5 (0.06) | 1.5 (0.06) | 70.3 (2.75) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 32.6 |
| Average snowy days | 3.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 13.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 55 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 44 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 234.3 | 233.5 | 272.9 | 292.5 | 326.2 | 318.0 | 316.4 | 302.5 | 283.9 | 283.0 | 239.5 | 225.6 | 3,328.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 78 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 84 | 81 | 78 | 76 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||
Climate data for Dingxin Town, Jinta, elevation 1,177 m (3,862 ft), (1991–2020 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) | 4.4 (39.9) | 12.1 (53.8) | 20.3 (68.5) | 26.0 (78.8) | 30.6 (87.1) | 32.4 (90.3) | 30.6 (87.1) | 25.5 (77.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 8.2 (46.8) | 0.0 (32.0) | 17.2 (63.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.1 (15.6) | −4.1 (24.6) | 3.4 (38.1) | 11.9 (53.4) | 18.1 (64.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 24.9 (76.8) | 22.7 (72.9) | 16.7 (62.1) | 8.6 (47.5) | 0.3 (32.5) | −7.2 (19.0) | 9.1 (48.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.5 (4.1) | −11.3 (11.7) | −3.8 (25.2) | 4.1 (39.4) | 9.9 (49.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 15.5 (59.9) | 9.5 (49.1) | 1.2 (34.2) | −5.9 (21.4) | −13.1 (8.4) | 1.9 (35.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.8 (0.03) | 0.5 (0.02) | 2.3 (0.09) | 1.7 (0.07) | 4.0 (0.16) | 9.5 (0.37) | 15.9 (0.63) | 15.6 (0.61) | 7.6 (0.30) | 1.7 (0.07) | 0.7 (0.03) | 1.0 (0.04) | 61.3 (2.42) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 29.3 |
| Average snowy days | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 11.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 42 | 37 | 32 | 31 | 39 | 45 | 47 | 45 | 42 | 49 | 54 | 43 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 231.8 | 232.8 | 273.3 | 289.6 | 326.2 | 316.8 | 315.7 | 303.6 | 281.6 | 281.5 | 236.6 | 223.3 | 3,312.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 77 | 76 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 78 | 75 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||