# Yanshan County, Jiangxi

Yanshan (Chinese: 铅山; pinyin: Yánshān, also pronounced Qiānshān) is a county in Shangrao Municipality, in north-eastern Jiangxi province.

## Name

The first character in this county's name (铅) is normally pronounced qiān, but in the local dialect it is pronounced as yán. The local pronunciation is what is generally used.

## Situation

It borders Hengfeng County to the north, Shangrao County to the east, Wannian County and Guixi City (in Yingtan) to the west and Wuyishan City and Guangze County (both in Nanping, FJ) to the south.

### Waterways

Hekou town sits on the Xinjiang River (信江), a tributary to Boyang Lake in the lower Yangzi River watershed.

## Administration

The county seat, by Chinese convention often also called Yanshan, is at Hekou town (河口镇).

### 7 Towns (镇, zhen)

| Hekou (河口镇) Yongping (永平镇) Shitang (石塘镇) Ehu (鹅湖镇) | Hufang (湖坊镇) Wuyishan (武夷山镇) Wang'er (汪二镇) |

### 8 Townships (乡, xiang)

| Chenfang (陈坊乡) Hongqiao (虹桥乡) Xintan (新滩乡) Gexianshan (葛仙山乡) | Jiaxuan (稼轩乡) Yingjiang (英将乡) Zixi (紫溪乡) Tianzhushan (天柱山乡) |

### 2 Ethnic Townships (族乡, zu xiang)

* She Taiyuan (太源畲族乡)
* She Huangbi (篁碧畲族乡)

## Climate

Climate data for Yanshan, elevation 100 m (330 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) | 26.7 (80.1) | 30.1 (86.2) | 35.4 (95.7) | 35.5 (95.9) | 37.2 (99.0) | 38.0 (100.4) | 40.8 (105.4) | 42.1 (107.8) | 39.5 (103.1) | 38.5 (101.3) | 32.6 (90.7) | 26.4 (79.5) | 42.1 (107.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.8 (51.4) | 13.7 (56.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 23.8 (74.8) | 28.4 (83.1) | 30.6 (87.1) | 34.9 (94.8) | 34.4 (93.9) | 30.9 (87.6) | 25.9 (78.6) | 19.7 (67.5) | 13.5 (56.3) | 23.7 (74.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 9.1 (48.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 18.6 (65.5) | 23.3 (73.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.2 (84.6) | 25.8 (78.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 14.6 (58.3) | 8.7 (47.7) | 18.8 (65.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) | 6.0 (42.8) | 9.5 (49.1) | 14.9 (58.8) | 19.6 (67.3) | 22.8 (73.0) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 22.1 (71.8) | 16.7 (62.1) | 11.0 (51.8) | 5.4 (41.7) | 15.3 (59.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) | −3.3 (26.1) | −1.9 (28.6) | 3.2 (37.8) | 10.4 (50.7) | 13.5 (56.3) | 19.7 (67.5) | 19.6 (67.3) | 14.0 (57.2) | 3.3 (37.9) | −1.7 (28.9) | −10.6 (12.9) | −10.6 (12.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 94.5 (3.72) | 113.8 (4.48) | 222.2 (8.75) | 244.0 (9.61) | 256.9 (10.11) | 396.8 (15.62) | 177.4 (6.98) | 143.9 (5.67) | 73.9 (2.91) | 50.4 (1.98) | 98.2 (3.87) | 77.4 (3.05) | 1,949.4 (76.75) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.2 | 13.9 | 18.7 | 17.6 | 17.0 | 17.9 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 162.5 |
| Average snowy days | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 80 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 76 | 76 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 83.2 | 84.0 | 90.4 | 115.4 | 138.4 | 125.2 | 219.8 | 203.8 | 167.8 | 159.9 | 126.0 | 119.4 | 1,633.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 25 | 26 | 24 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 52 | 51 | 46 | 45 | 39 | 37 | 37 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||