Kailu County

Kailu County 开鲁县
—  County  —
Kailu Location in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 43°36′N 121°19′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city	Tongliao
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code

Kailu County (simplified Chinese: 开鲁县; traditional Chinese: 開魯縣; pinyin: Kāilǔ Xiàn) is a county in the east of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Tongliao City, 76 kilometres (47 mi) to the east, and China National Highway 303 passes through it.

Climate

Kailu County features a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), marked by long, very cold and dry winters, hot, somewhat humid summers, and strong winds, especially in spring. The monthly daily mean temperature in January, the coldest month, is −13.3 °C (8.1 °F), and in July, the warmest month, 24.1 °C (75.4 °F), with the annual mean at 6.58 °C (43.8 °F). The annual precipitation is 327 millimetres (12.9 in), with nearly half of it falling in July and August alone.

Climate data for Kailu County (1971−2000)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	−6.5 (20.3)	−2.2 (28)	5.5 (41.9)	15.8 (60.4)	23.2 (73.8)	27.6 (81.7)	29.5 (85.1)	28.1 (82.6)	22.8 (73)	14.5 (58.1)	3.6 (38.5)	−4.4 (24.1)	13.13 (55.63)
Average low °C (°F)	−18.8 (−1.8)	−15.4 (4.3)	−7.9 (17.8)	1.8 (35.2)	9.3 (48.7)	15.3 (59.5)	18.9 (66)	16.8 (62.2)	9.6 (49.3)	1.4 (34.5)	−8.3 (17.1)	−15.8 (3.6)	0.57 (33.03)
Precipitation mm (inches)	1.1 (0.043)	1.8 (0.071)	5.5 (0.217)	11.0 (0.433)	31.9 (1.256)	60.6 (2.386)	95.7 (3.768)	66.4 (2.614)	31.0 (1.22)	16.4 (0.646)	3.8 (0.15)	2.1 (0.083)	327.3 (12.887)
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	1.5	2.0	2.9	3.6	6.8	10.7	11.1	9.3	7.0	4.1	2.2	1.9	63.1
Source: Weather China

References

• www.xzqh.org (Chinese)