# Lushui

Lushui (simplified Chinese: 泸水; traditional Chinese: 瀘水; pinyin: Lúshuǐ, Lisu: ꓡꓴꓽ-ꓢꓴꓲ) is a county-level city in and the seat of Nujiang Prefecture, western Yunnan Province, China. It borders Myanmar's Kachin State to the west and occupies the southern fifth of Nujiang Prefecture.

## Administrative divisions

Lushui City has 2 subdistricts, 5 towns, 2 townships and 1 ethnic township.

### 2 subdistricts

* Daliandi Subdistrict (大练地街道)
* Liuku Subdistrict (六库街道)

### 6 towns

* Luzhang (鲁掌镇)
* Pianma (片马镇)
* Shangjiang (上江镇)
* Miaoba (老窝镇)
* Daxingde (大兴地镇)

### 2 townships

* Chenggan Township (称杆乡)
* Gudeng Township (古登乡)

### 1 ethnic township

* Luobenzhuo Bai Ethnic Township (洛本卓白族乡)

## Climate

Climate data for Lushui (Liuku), elevation 950 m (3,120 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) | 32.8 (91.0) | 35.7 (96.3) | 37.7 (99.9) | 39.9 (103.8) | 38.7 (101.7) | 37.0 (98.6) | 35.9 (96.6) | 36.1 (97.0) | 35.5 (95.9) | 29.8 (85.6) | 26.9 (80.4) | 39.9 (103.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 26.2 (79.2) | 28.1 (82.6) | 29.9 (85.8) | 30.4 (86.7) | 29.7 (85.5) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.2 (84.6) | 26.9 (80.4) | 24.2 (75.6) | 21.8 (71.2) | 26.8 (80.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.8 (65.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 23.8 (74.8) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 23.8 (74.8) | 21.1 (70.0) | 17.0 (62.6) | 14.1 (57.4) | 20.4 (68.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 13.5 (56.3) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.4 (66.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.8 (71.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 12.4 (54.3) | 8.9 (48.0) | 16.1 (60.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) | 4.7 (40.5) | 4.0 (39.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 13.3 (55.9) | 16.1 (61.0) | 16.3 (61.3) | 17.3 (63.1) | 12.7 (54.9) | 10.7 (51.3) | 6.7 (44.1) | 3.7 (38.7) | 3.7 (38.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.9 (0.74) | 22.7 (0.89) | 42.5 (1.67) | 47.0 (1.85) | 99.2 (3.91) | 111.5 (4.39) | 183.5 (7.22) | 173.1 (6.81) | 127.2 (5.01) | 95.4 (3.76) | 23.5 (0.93) | 8.1 (0.32) | 952.6 (37.5) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.3 | 6.3 | 9.4 | 12.8 | 14.4 | 17.8 | 22.3 | 20.9 | 17.8 | 12.8 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 146.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 57 | 51 | 51 | 56 | 63 | 73 | 80 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 67 | 62 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 199.5 | 171.8 | 172.9 | 166.2 | 156.3 | 119.3 | 107.3 | 129.8 | 127.9 | 150.4 | 191.3 | 208.5 | 1,901.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 60 | 54 | 46 | 43 | 38 | 29 | 26 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 59 | 64 | 44 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administrationall-time extreme temperature ||||||||||||||
Climate data for Luzhangzhen, Lushui, elevation 1,805 m (5,922 ft), (1991–2020 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.0 (60.8) | 18.9 (66.0) | 21.6 (70.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.9 (73.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.7 (72.9) | 20.7 (69.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 15.2 (59.4) | 19.9 (67.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) | 10.7 (51.3) | 13.3 (55.9) | 16.0 (60.8) | 18.1 (64.6) | 19.7 (67.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.7 (67.5) | 18.8 (65.8) | 16.7 (62.1) | 13.1 (55.6) | 10.3 (50.5) | 15.4 (59.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) | 6.6 (43.9) | 9.3 (48.7) | 11.9 (53.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 16.5 (61.7) | 13.9 (57.0) | 9.7 (49.5) | 6.3 (43.3) | 12.2 (54.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 31.8 (1.25) | 52.6 (2.07) | 92.3 (3.63) | 56.2 (2.21) | 133.8 (5.27) | 116.9 (4.60) | 205.4 (8.09) | 192.1 (7.56) | 161.6 (6.36) | 98.0 (3.86) | 38.0 (1.50) | 13.4 (0.53) | 1,192.1 (46.93) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.7 | 9.2 | 12.6 | 13.5 | 18.3 | 19.8 | 24.3 | 22.9 | 18.8 | 12.3 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 166.7 |
| Average snowy days | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 58 | 58 | 58 | 62 | 73 | 83 | 89 | 86 | 84 | 78 | 70 | 61 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 225.0 | 196.0 | 204.1 | 202.6 | 162.8 | 125.2 | 105.0 | 126.3 | 146.9 | 180.3 | 209.2 | 245.4 | 2,128.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 68 | 61 | 54 | 53 | 39 | 31 | 25 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 65 | 75 | 50 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||