Table 1.  Climatic parameters for various locations where pecans are being grown in China.

City

Province

Lat

Long

Elev.(m)

Parameter

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Year

Records begin

Records end

Nanjing

Anhui

32.04N

118.78E

9

min. temp. (C)

-1.4

0.1

4.3

10.2

15.6

20.4

24.4

24.1

19.1

12.7

6.2

0.4

11.4

1905

1990

 

 

 

 

 

mean temp.(C)

2.2

3.8

8.5

14.7

20.1

24.4

27.8

27.6

22.8

17.0

10.6

4.4

15.4

1905

1990

 

 

 

 

 

max. temp. (C)

6.7

8.3

13.4

19.9

25.4

29.1

32.0

32.2

27.5

22.3

15.9

9.3

20.2

1905

1990

 

 

 

 

 

rain (mm)

36.5

47.3

70.2

94.0

93.5

157.4

176.1

115.9

89.4

46.4

44.0

31.8

1004.1

1886

1977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hefei

Anhui

31.88N

117.25E

28

min. temp. (C)

-1.0

0.6

5.4

11.5

16.7

21.2

24.8

24.2

19.2

12.9

6.7

0.9

11.9

1952

1990

 

 

 

 

 

mean temp.(C)

2.4

4.2

9.0

15.6

20.8

24.9

28.1

27.9

22.8

17.0

10.7

4.5

15.7

1946

1988

 

 

 

 

 

max. temp. (C)

6.5

8.4

13.6

20.2

25.3

29.1

32.1

32.2

27.1

21.9

15.5

9.2

20.1

1952

1990

 

 

 

 

 

rain (mm)

32.2

53.2

71.8

92.5

101.5

117.3

175.7

117.7

85.6

60.7

51.2

27.6

988.7

1951

1990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xuzhou

Anhui

34.28N

117.15E

41

min. temp. (C)

-4.3

-2.6

2.3

8.7

14.2

19.5

23.1

22.5

16.6

10.1

3.5

-2.2

9.3

1926

1990

 

 

 

 

 

mean temp.(C)

0.1

2.2

8.0

14.6

20.5

25.4

27.6

26.9

21.9

16.0

8.9

2.6

14.7

1926

1990

 

 

 

 

 

max. temp. (C)

4.8

7.0

13.7

20.6

26.8

31.2

32.1

31.3

27.1

21.9

14.3

7.4

20.0

1926

1990

 

 

 

 

 

rain (mm)

14.6

20.4

29.1

50.0

54.4

92.1

217.3

141.5

83.6

39.2

25.2

18.6

794.6

1915

1988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bengbu

Anhui

32.93N

117.37E

21

min. temp. (C)

-2.5

-0.7

4.0

10.4

15.7

20.6

24.3

23.7

18.4

12.0

5.5

-0.3

10.9

1951

1990

 

 

 

 

 

mean temp.(C)

1.6

3.2

8.7

15.3

21.1

25.4

28.0

28.3

22.4

16.8

10.1

3.9

15.6

1961

1990

 

 

 

 

 

max. temp. (C)

6.1

8.1

13.6

20.7

26.1

30.6

32.3

32.0

27.1

22.0

15.3

8.9

20.2

1951

1990

 

 

 

 

 

rain (mm)

22.8

32.8

49.0

58.7

65.1

107.8

203.1

130.2

75.2

43.5

32.9

21.4

849.1

1918

1990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chenzhou

Hunan

25.80N

113.03E

185

min. temp. (C)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mean temp.(C)

6.0

7.4

12.2

17.9

22.6

26.2

29.0

27.7

24.2

18.7

12.9

7.8

17.6

1936

1988

 

 

 

 

 

max. temp. (C)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rain (mm)

67.1

101.7

150.0

190.4

212.3

196.4

113.1

146.6

84.9

87.4

72.8

51.8

1484.5

1937

1990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changsha

Hunan

28.20N

113.08E

45

min. temp. (C)

1.8

3.4

7.7

13.6

18.7

22.6

25.6

25.2

20.9

15.0

9.2

3.7

13.9

1911

1988

 

 

 

 

 

mean temp.(C)

4.7

6.2

10.9

17.1

22.1

26.0

29.4

28.9

24.4

18.7

12.6

6.9

17.3

1911

1988

 

 

 

 

 

max. temp. (C)

8.3

9.5

14.6

21.2

26.2

30.2

34.1

33.7

28.9

23.3

17.0

10.8

21.5

1911

1988

 

 

 

 

 

rain (mm)

55.3

94.6

137.6

176.7

212.1

206.7

111.6

112.3

66.5

81.3

71.0

45.3

1365.5

1909

1988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dali

Yunnan

25.75N

100.18E

1960

min. temp. (C)

2.4

4.1

6.6

9.5

12.9

16.0

16.7

15.9

14.4

11.4

6.5

3.0

10.0

1951

1990

 

 

 

 

 

mean temp.(C)

8.7

10.6

13.4

16.0

18.7

20.0

20.2

19.4

18.1

15.4

11.7

9.0

15.1

1939

1988

 

 

 

 

 

max. temp. (C)

15.5

16.8

19.7

22.4

25.1

24.8

24.6

24.4

23.4

21.0

18.2

15.9

21.0

1951

1990

 

 

 

 

 

rain (mm)

19.0

26.0

32.0

20.0

67.0

188.0

179.0

229.0

157.0

117.0

35.0

12.0

1081.0