Climate Battle: Amarillo, Texas vs Xi'an, China (precipitation, city, sunniest)
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The description is not about Weinan City, but Weinan prefecture. A large part of Weinan prefecture is on 黄土高原 (Loess Plateau) already, which is significantly different from the bottom of 渭河平原 (Weihe Plain) as Xi'an is located in.
Your theory does not replace facts. Weather data is fact, and it's weird you want data to fit your theory, not the other way round.
I LIVED in Xi'an for a few years and my parents still live there. At least it is far cloudier than Beijing, where I studied.
It describes Weinan City (Linwei district). The temperature data confirm this, it is in the valley. I looked up Baoji to the west as well in that valley. The article says it has about 1950 hours of sunshine while having more rain and more rainy days and at a higher elevation than Xi'an. Xi'an being at 2200 hours thus makes total sense. Beijing is at almost 2700 hours of sunshine so it would indeed be signifcantly higher than Xi'an. Sunshine recordings can sometimes be inaccurate and this seems to be the case here.
Your link clearly shows that the areas around 1200-1300 feet above sea level is in that hardiness zone. THat applies to Xi'an and Yuncheng. The rest of the area is several thousand feet higher and thus is one hardiness zone lower.
Yuncheng is in Shanxi Province, while Xi'an is in Shaanxi Province (yeah very similar spellings). Shanxi has no parts in zone 8, where Xi'an is in.
It describes Weinan City (Linwei district). The temperatures confirm that this, it is in the valley. I looked up Baoji to the west as well in that valley. The article says it has about 1950 hours of sunshine while having more rain and more rainy days and at a higher elevation than Xi'an. Beijing is at almost 2700 hours of sunshine so it would indeed be signifcantly higher than Xi'an. Sunshine recordings can sometimes be inaccurate and this seems to be the case here.
I trust the Chinese National Meteorological Center. It impossible to have inaccurate data for a big city like Xi'an. Xi'an is one of the most important cities in China. There's simply no way to mess up.
It describes Weinan City (Linwei district). The temperature data confirm this, it is in the valley. I looked up Baoji to the west as well in that valley. The article says it has about 1950 hours of sunshine while having more rain and more rainy days and at a higher elevation than Xi'an. Xi'an being at 2200 hours thus makes total sense. Beijing is at almost 2700 hours of sunshine so it would indeed be signifcantly higher than Xi'an. Sunshine recordings can sometimes be inaccurate and this seems to be the case here.
No in Baoji it is 1710-2210. The lower end is very close to the data of city proper of Xi'an.
No in Baoji it is 1710-2210. The lower end is very close to the data of city proper of Xi'an.
The average of that is 1950. Just like the average of Weinan, Linfeng district is 2250 hours. From year to year, the annual sunshine can differ, so the range is about 500 hours, but the average is what I am talking about. Since Baoji is also rainier and at a higher elevation than Xi'an it makes sense that it would also have slightly less sunshine.
It describes Weinan City (Linwei district). The temperature data confirm this, it is in the valley. I looked up Baoji to the west as well in that valley. The article says it has about 1950 hours of sunshine while having more rain and more rainy days and at a higher elevation than Xi'an. Xi'an being at 2200 hours thus makes total sense. Beijing is at almost 2700 hours of sunshine so it would indeed be signifcantly higher than Xi'an. Sunshine recordings can sometimes be inaccurate and this seems to be the case here.
No only the table shows data of the city, and the description is for the whole prefecture. If you can read Chinese you will see it. For a city Chinese sources do not describe data with such big intervals.
The average of that is 1950. Just like the average of Weinan, Linfeng district is 2250 hours. From year to year, the annual sunshine can differ, so the range is about 500 hours, but the average is what I am talking about. Since Baoji is also rainier and at a higher elevation than Xi'an it makes sense that it would also have slightly less sunshine.
As I said that is the averages of different counties of the prefectures. In China it works that way. We do not show city figures in intervals, only for a region we do that.
No only the table shows data of the city, and the description is for the whole prefecture. If you can read Chinese you will see it. For a city Chinese sources do not describe data with such big intervals.
Even so, the lowest possible is 2000 hours and thats right smack in the middle of the valley, right next to Xi'an.
The average of that is 1950. Just like the average of Weinan, Linfeng district is 2250 hours. From year to year, the annual sunshine can differ, so the range is about 500 hours, but the average is what I am talking about. Since Baoji is also rainier and at a higher elevation than Xi'an it makes sense that it would also have slightly less sunshine.
近50年（1960～2010年）全区年平均日照时数1710～2210小时
全区 means the whole region (a prefecture in this context).
Even so, the lowest possible is 2000 hours and thats right smack in the middle of the valley, right next to Xi'an.
It says the low end is 1710. I don't know how you get the 2000
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