# Huimin County

Huimin County (simplified Chinese: 惠民县; traditional Chinese: 惠民縣; pinyin: Huìmín Xiàn) is a county of northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Binzhou City.
The population in 2020 was 569,975.

## Geography and climate

Huimin County has a monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa), with hot, humid summers, and cold, very dry winters. The monthly 24-hour average temperatures ranges from −2.9 °C (26.8 °F) in January to 26.7 °C (80.1 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 12.93 °C (55.3 °F). A majority of the annual precipitation occurs in July and August alone. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 47% in July to 63% in October, the county receives 2,563 hours of bright sunshine annually, sunshine is abundant except during the summer months.
Climate data for Huimin County, elevation 12 m (39 ft), (1991–2020 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) | 23.0 (73.4) | 30.4 (86.7) | 35.0 (95.0) | 39.8 (103.6) | 41.7 (107.1) | 42.2 (108.0) | 38.8 (101.8) | 35.4 (95.7) | 31.0 (87.8) | 26.8 (80.2) | 18.2 (64.8) | 42.2 (108.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) | 7.1 (44.8) | 13.7 (56.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 26.5 (79.7) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.8 (89.2) | 30.3 (86.5) | 26.9 (80.4) | 20.7 (69.3) | 12.1 (53.8) | 4.9 (40.8) | 19.1 (66.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) | 1.0 (33.8) | 7.5 (45.5) | 14.5 (58.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 25.2 (77.4) | 27.0 (80.6) | 25.6 (78.1) | 21.0 (69.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | −0.4 (31.3) | 13.3 (56.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) | −3.6 (25.5) | 2.2 (36.0) | 8.9 (48.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 19.7 (67.5) | 22.8 (73.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 16.2 (61.2) | 9.2 (48.6) | 1.6 (34.9) | −4.5 (23.9) | 8.5 (47.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −22.4 (−8.3) | −21.4 (−6.5) | −16.6 (2.1) | −4.5 (23.9) | 1.2 (34.2) | 8.8 (47.8) | 12.5 (54.5) | 11.0 (51.8) | 2.9 (37.2) | −3.6 (25.5) | −12.9 (8.8) | −20.9 (−5.6) | −22.4 (−8.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.8 (0.15) | 9.2 (0.36) | 8.1 (0.32) | 26.5 (1.04) | 44.0 (1.73) | 73.8 (2.91) | 165.3 (6.51) | 141.1 (5.56) | 40.0 (1.57) | 26.8 (1.06) | 17.7 (0.70) | 4.3 (0.17) | 560.6 (22.08) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 64.4 |
| Average snowy days | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 9.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 57 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 63 | 77 | 81 | 74 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 65 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 168.7 | 172.5 | 222.9 | 241.0 | 272.9 | 236.1 | 194.3 | 197.7 | 206.4 | 198.9 | 166.4 | 164.7 | 2,442.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 55 | 56 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 54 | 44 | 47 | 56 | 58 | 55 | 56 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Administrative divisions

There are three subdistricts and 12 towns in the county:
Subdistricts:
* Sunwu Subdistrict (孙武街道), Wudingfu Subdistrict (武定府街道), Hefang Subdistrict (何坊街道)
Towns:
* Shimiao (石庙镇), Sangluoshu (桑落墅镇), Zijiao (淄角镇), Huji (胡集镇), Lizhuang (李庄镇), Madian (麻店镇), Weiji (魏集镇), Qinghe (清河镇), Jianglou (姜楼镇), Xindian (辛店镇), Danianchen (大年陈镇), Zaohuli (皂户李镇)