# Xiping County

Xiping County (simplified Chinese: 西平县; traditional Chinese: 西平縣; pinyin: Xīpíng Xiàn) is a county in the southeast-central part of Henan province in the People's Republic of China. It is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Zhumadian. Xiping covers an area of 1,098 square kilometres (424 sq mi) and has 840,000 inhabitants.
The place of the iron forge of Jiudian (simplified Chinese: 酒店冶铁遗址; traditional Chinese: 酒店冶鐵遺址; pinyin: Jiǔdiàn yětiě yízhǐ) from the Warring States period until the Jin dynasty and the pagoda of the Baoyan temple (宝严寺塔; 寶嚴寺塔; Bǎoyán sì tǎ) from the Tang dynasty are listed in the list of Monuments of the People's Republic of China.

## Administration

It administers 3 sub-district offices, 6 towns, 9 townships, 1 ethnic township and 2 others.

### Subdistricts

* Baicheng Subdistrict (柏城街道)
* Baiting Subdistrict (柏亭街道)
* Baiyuan Subdistrict (柏苑街道)

### Towns

| Wugouying (五沟营镇) Quanzhai (权寨镇) Shiling (师灵镇) | Chushan (出山镇) Penyao (盆尧镇) Leizu (嫘祖镇) |

### Townships

| Zhongqu Township (重渠乡) Renhe Township Songji Township (宋集乡) Tandian Township (谭店乡) Lumiao Township (芦庙乡) | Yangzhuang Township (杨庄乡) Zhuantan Township (专探乡) Erlang Township (二郎乡) Jiaozhuang Township (焦庄乡) |

### Ethnic townships

* Caizhai Hui Ethnic Township (蔡寨回族乡)

### Others

* Laowangpo Farm (老王坡农场)
* Industrial Cluster Area (产业集聚区)

## Climate

Climate data for Xiping, elevation 56 m (184 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) | 20.7 (69.3) | 26.4 (79.5) | 29.5 (85.1) | 34.9 (94.8) | 39.3 (102.7) | 41.0 (105.8) | 40.7 (105.3) | 38.9 (102.0) | 38.8 (101.8) | 34.7 (94.5) | 29.1 (84.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 15.5 (59.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 27.4 (81.3) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.3 (90.1) | 30.9 (87.6) | 27.3 (81.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 14.9 (58.8) | 8.6 (47.5) | 20.8 (69.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) | 4.5 (40.1) | 9.6 (49.3) | 15.8 (60.4) | 21.4 (70.5) | 26.2 (79.2) | 27.6 (81.7) | 26.3 (79.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 16.4 (61.5) | 9.4 (48.9) | 3.3 (37.9) | 15.3 (59.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) | 0.0 (32.0) | 4.6 (40.3) | 10.2 (50.4) | 15.8 (60.4) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.8 (74.8) | 22.7 (72.9) | 17.7 (63.9) | 11.7 (53.1) | 4.9 (40.8) | −0.7 (30.7) | 10.7 (51.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) | −15.0 (5.0) | −8.8 (16.2) | −1.5 (29.3) | 3.8 (38.8) | 11.9 (53.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 7.4 (45.3) | −0.7 (30.7) | −8.5 (16.7) | −11.3 (11.7) | −15.0 (5.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.5 (0.73) | 20.8 (0.82) | 37.6 (1.48) | 44.8 (1.76) | 71.1 (2.80) | 112.8 (4.44) | 193.3 (7.61) | 135.9 (5.35) | 72.9 (2.87) | 50.0 (1.97) | 39.9 (1.57) | 17.3 (0.68) | 814.9 (32.08) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 90.1 |
| Average snowy days | 4.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 12.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 79 | 82 | 76 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 71 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 128.6 | 133.7 | 169.7 | 201.0 | 210.0 | 192.2 | 199.5 | 183.0 | 159.9 | 155.0 | 145.5 | 133.5 | 2,011.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 41 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 49 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 43 | 45 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||