# Zhongmu County

Zhongmu County (Chinese: 中牟; pinyin: Zhōngmù; postal: Chungmow) is a county of Henan Province, South Central China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan. It has an area of 1,416.8 km$^2$ (547.0 sq mi) and a population of 680,000. Located in the north-central part of the province, it is the easternmost county-level division of Zhengzhou.
The Battle of Guandu took place in 200 CE in the northeast of Zhongmu County.
In November 2004, martial law was declared in Zhongmou County, to quell deadly ethnic clashes between Han and Hui Chinese. The reported number of deaths ranged between 7 and 148.

## Administrative divisions

As 2012, this county is divided to 2 subdistricts, 15 towns and 1 township.

### Subdistricts

* Qingnianlu Subdistrict (青年路街道)
* Dongfenglu Subdistrict (东风路街道)

### Towns

| Hansi (韩寺镇) Guandu (官渡镇) Langchenggang (狼城岗镇) Wantan (万滩镇) Baisha (白沙镇) Zheng'an (郑庵镇) Zhangzhuang (张庄镇) Huangdian (黄店镇) | Dameng (大孟镇) Jiulong (九龙镇) Liuji (刘集镇) Bagang (八岗镇) Yanminghu (雁鸣湖镇) Yaojia (姚家镇) Sanguanmiao (三官庙镇) |

### Townships

* Diaojia Township (刁家乡)

## Climate

Climate data for Zhongmu, elevation 78 m (256 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.2 (66.6) | 24.5 (76.1) | 31.0 (87.8) | 35.7 (96.3) | 38.9 (102.0) | 39.6 (103.3) | 39.9 (103.8) | 39.0 (102.2) | 38.3 (100.9) | 34.3 (93.7) | 27.8 (82.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 39.9 (103.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) | 9.7 (49.5) | 15.6 (60.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 27.6 (81.7) | 31.9 (89.4) | 32.1 (89.8) | 30.8 (87.4) | 27.1 (80.8) | 21.8 (71.2) | 14.2 (57.6) | 7.7 (45.9) | 20.5 (69.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) | 4.1 (39.4) | 9.7 (49.5) | 16.0 (60.8) | 21.7 (71.1) | 26.1 (79.0) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.6 (70.9) | 15.9 (60.6) | 8.7 (47.7) | 2.7 (36.9) | 15.1 (59.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.2 (26.2) | −0.2 (31.6) | 4.9 (40.8) | 10.7 (51.3) | 16.3 (61.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 11.3 (52.3) | 4.4 (39.9) | −1.1 (30.0) | 10.7 (51.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −16.6 (2.1) | −15.2 (4.6) | −11.7 (10.9) | −1.7 (28.9) | 4.3 (39.7) | 11.5 (52.7) | 16.7 (62.1) | 12.1 (53.8) | 7.3 (45.1) | 0.6 (33.1) | −13.2 (8.2) | −12.3 (9.9) | −16.6 (2.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 8.0 (0.31) | 11.0 (0.43) | 17.7 (0.70) | 37.0 (1.46) | 57.4 (2.26) | 65.0 (2.56) | 122.5 (4.82) | 114.1 (4.49) | 62.7 (2.47) | 34.6 (1.36) | 26.2 (1.03) | 7.5 (0.30) | 563.7 (22.19) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 74.4 |
| Average snowy days | 4.0 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 12.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 59 | 58 | 62 | 62 | 64 | 78 | 79 | 74 | 68 | 65 | 61 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 112.3 | 126.1 | 172.0 | 200.7 | 211.7 | 193.3 | 175.0 | 166.6 | 152.4 | 153.3 | 134.4 | 121.0 | 1,918.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 36 | 40 | 46 | 51 | 49 | 45 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 40 | 43 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Transportation

* China National Highway 220
* Zhengzhou Hangkonggang railway station