Altay or Aletai (Cheenese: 阿勒泰; pinyin: Ālètài) is a coonty-level ceety in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefectur, o Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It is the admeenistrative centre o Altay Prefectur, an haes 142,000 inhabitants.

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Altay haes a cauld semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk), wi dry conditions year-roond an an annual precipitation total o ae 191 millimetre (7.5 in). Winters are lang an cauld, but dry, wi a Januar average o −15.2 °C (4.6 °F). Ware an Hairst are short but mild. Simmers are vera warm, but dry, wi a Julie hie o 28.2 °C (82.8 °F); housomeivver, despite the aridity, nichttime temperatures are generally no sharply lawer than daytime heichs.

Climate data for Altay Ceety (1971-2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average heich °C (°F) −9.4
(15.1)
−6.8
(19.8)
0.0
(32.0)
14.0
(57.2)
21.7
(71.1)
26.5
(79.7)
28.2
(82.8)
26.8
(80.2)
21.1
(70.0)
12.1
(53.8)
0.8
(33.4)
−6.9
(19.6)
10.7
(51.3)
Average law °C (°F) −21.0
(−5.8)
−19.1
(−2.4)
−11.3
(11.7)
2.2
(36.0)
8.7
(47.7)
13.3
(55.9)
15.1
(59.2)
13.4
(56.1)
7.9
(46.2)
1.0
(33.8)
−9.1
(15.6)
−17.5
(0.5)
−1.4
(29.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 12.5
(0.49)
9.1
(0.36)
8.7
(0.34)
13.1
(0.52)
16.6
(0.65)
15.7
(0.62)
25.8
(1.02)
16.1
(0.63)
15.6
(0.61)
15.0
(0.59)
22.3
(0.88)
20.8
(0.82)
191.3
(7.53)
Average precipitation days 7.4 6.7 5.8 5.8 6.6 6.8 7.9 6.5 6.0 5.9 8.5 9.9 83.8
Average relative humidity (%) 74 73 71 48 43 48 52 49 49 54 68 75 58.7
Mean monthly sunshine oors 163.6 182.4 247.7 281.9 325.4 338.2 343.5 326.6 278.6 220.8 153.5 131.1 2,993.3
Source: China Meteorological Administration [1]

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  1. "中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集(1971-2000年)" (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Archived frae the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 23 Mey 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

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