Yunhe County (simplified Chinese: 云和县; traditional Chinese: 雲和縣; pinyin: Yúnhé Xiàn) is a county in the southwest of Zhejiang province, China. It is under the administration of the Lishui city.

Yunhe
云和县
Yunhwo
Location of Yunhe County within Lishui
Location of Yunhe County within Lishui
Yunhe is located in Zhejiang
Yunhe
Yunhe
Location of the seat in Zhejiang
Coordinates: 28°06′N 119°33′E / 28.1°N 119.55°E / 28.1; 119.55
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceZhejiang
Prefecture-level cityLishui
Area
 • Total984 km2 (380 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total123,317
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
323600
Area code0578

History

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Yunhe hosted the Provincial government of Zhejiang from the summer of 1942 till Japan's surrender in 1945 as part of the chain effect of the Pacific War situation. To retaliate the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the US navy launched the Doolittle Raid against Japan's homeland on April 18, 1942. Sixteen bombers took off from the carrier Hornet 700 miles away from Tokyo, and planned to fly to Quzhou airfield (then spelled as Chuchow, about 110 miles from Yunhe) in the Zhejiang Province after the raid. The raid was of little military consequence, but boosted American morale and showed that Japan was more open to air attack than had been supposed.[1] Both as a revenge for the raid and to capture the local airfields to prevent another, the following month the Japanese launched a 100,000-strong offensive into the Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces where they also employed biological warfare, slaughtering no fewer than 250,000 Chinese before the Japanese withdrew in September.[2] It was at the onset of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign that the Provincial government made a further retreat southwest, finally settling in Yunhe for the rest of the war.

Administrative divisions

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Subdistricts:[3]

Towns:

Townships:

Climate

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Climate data for Yunhe (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 27.1
(80.8)
30.0
(86.0)
35.8
(96.4)
36.2
(97.2)
38.9
(102.0)
38.8
(101.8)
42.7
(108.9)
42.5
(108.5)
42.1
(107.8)
40.6
(105.1)
34.3
(93.7)
26.5
(79.7)
42.7
(108.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 12.3
(54.1)
15.0
(59.0)
18.7
(65.7)
24.6
(76.3)
28.5
(83.3)
30.6
(87.1)
35.0
(95.0)
34.4
(93.9)
30.2
(86.4)
25.5
(77.9)
20.3
(68.5)
14.6
(58.3)
24.1
(75.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 7.0
(44.6)
9.2
(48.6)
12.7
(54.9)
18.3
(64.9)
22.6
(72.7)
25.4
(77.7)
28.6
(83.5)
28.2
(82.8)
24.6
(76.3)
19.5
(67.1)
14.3
(57.7)
8.7
(47.7)
18.3
(64.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 3.4
(38.1)
5.3
(41.5)
8.7
(47.7)
13.8
(56.8)
18.2
(64.8)
21.7
(71.1)
24.0
(75.2)
23.9
(75.0)
20.7
(69.3)
15.3
(59.5)
10.3
(50.5)
4.7
(40.5)
14.2
(57.5)
Record low °C (°F) −7.1
(19.2)
−5.6
(21.9)
−4.5
(23.9)
1.3
(34.3)
9.8
(49.6)
11.6
(52.9)
18.3
(64.9)
17.3
(63.1)
11.3
(52.3)
2.9
(37.2)
−3.4
(25.9)
−8.7
(16.3)
−8.7
(16.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 69.6
(2.74)
84.0
(3.31)
165.1
(6.50)
167.4
(6.59)
195.2
(7.69)
308.5
(12.15)
152.9
(6.02)
176.8
(6.96)
143.0
(5.63)
57.0
(2.24)
71.9
(2.83)
59.4
(2.34)
1,650.8
(65)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 13.5 14.1 17.9 16.9 17.2 19.8 14.4 16.5 13.5 9.4 10.5 10.5 174.2
Average snowy days 1.7 1.3 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 4.2
Average relative humidity (%) 80 79 79 77 77 82 76 77 79 78 80 79 79
Mean monthly sunshine hours 90.0 91.7 105.2 128.8 140.4 121.1 218.8 198.8 152.1 147.9 111.2 112.1 1,618.1
Percent possible sunshine 27 29 28 33 33 29 52 49 42 42 35 35 36
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Dear, I. C. B.; Foot, M. R. D, eds. (2001). "Doolittle raid". Oxford Companion to World War II. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860446-7.
  2. ^ Van Slyke, Lyman P. (2001). "China incident". In Dear, I. C. B.; Foot, M. R. D (eds.). Oxford Companion to World War II. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860446-7.
  3. ^ "丽水市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 25 June 2023.