Is Turpan a temperate continental climate?

Turpan is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, located in the middle of the autonomous region. It is an olive-shaped intermountain basin in the eastern Tianshan Mountains, surrounded by mountains, and belongs to a typical continental warm temperate desert climate. Jurisdiction 1 district 2 counties, with a total area of 697 13 square kilometers; In 20 17, the total population was 637300.

The climate of Turpan is a typical continental warm temperate desert climate, with abundant sunshine, sufficient heat but extremely dry, scarce rainfall and frequent winds, so it is called "volcanic island" and "wind reservoir". The annual sunshine hours here are about 3000-3200 hours, which is about 1000 hours more than that in East China at the same latitude. The annual solar radiation is 139.5- 150.4 kcal/cm2, which is 15-20 kcal/cm2 more than that in North China and Northeast China at the same latitude. The annual average temperature is 13.9℃, and the days with high temperature above 35℃ are more than 100 days.

In summer, the extreme high temperature is 49.6℃, the surface temperature is above 70℃, and the highest record is 82.3℃. The locals are known as "roast chicken eggs in the sand nest" and "toast on the stone". The extreme minimum temperature in winter is-28.7℃; The daily temperature difference and annual temperature difference are large, the effective accumulated temperature is above 10℃ and above 5300℃, and the long-term frost-free period is about 2 10 days. Because of the hot and dry climate, it seldom rains here. The average annual precipitation is only 16.4 mm, while the evaporation is as high as 3000 mm or more.

Turpan climate type Turpan belongs to a unique warm temperate continental arid desert climate. Turpan is located in the basin, surrounded by high mountains, with rapid temperature rise and slow heat dissipation, which has five characteristics: long sunshine, high temperature, large temperature difference between day and night, less precipitation and strong wind. It is known as "Fire State" and "Wind Reservoir".

The annual average temperature is 14℃, the summer average temperature is about 30℃, and the annual average temperature is higher than 35℃ for 99 days. Extreme high temperature weather above 40℃ lasts for 28 days on average.

The characteristics of climate change in four seasons are: short spring, average 6 1 day, early start and rapid temperature rise; The summer is long, with an average of 152 days, high temperature and heat; Autumn is short, with an average of 57 days, and the temperature drops rapidly; Winter is short, with an average of 95 days, light wind and light snow, fine weather and short cold period. In a year, January is the coldest and July the hottest.