Geography
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Jinzhou is located in the southwestern portion of Liaoning, and borders Panjin, Anshan, and Shenyang to the east, and Huludao on the west. The city's southern coast is the Liaodong Bay. On the north are Chaoyang and Fuxin.
Jinzhou has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa), with a relatively large variation in temperature over the course of a year, and four distinct seasons with their own characteristics. Monthly means range from −7.5 °C (18.5 °F) to 24.7 °C (76.5 °F) in July, with the annual average rainfall between 540 and 640 mm, heavily concentrated in July and August alone. It experiences four distinct seasons, each with their own characteristics; its monsoon climate is pronounced and exhibits strong continentality. The geographic and natural climatic conditions of Jinzhou are conducive to the development of such industries as agriculture, forestry, livestock and marine produce.
Fossil-bearing rocks are exposed in the city's vicinity, including the Yixian Formation. A genus of Early Cretaceous birds has been named Jinzhouornis in honor of the locality, but it appears to be a junior synonym of Confuciusornis which was found in the same formation some years earlier.
| Climate data for Jinzhou (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
1.1 (34.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
17.2 (63.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
0.3 (32.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
5.2 (41.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
17.2 (63.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
19.7 (67.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
4.8 (40.6) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 2.7 (0.106) |
3.2 (0.126) |
7.3 (0.287) |
24.9 (0.98) |
46.3 (1.823) |
81.3 (3.201) |
165.3 (6.508) |
136.8 (5.386) |
58.6 (2.307) |
27.4 (1.079) |
10.1 (0.398) |
3.9 (0.154) |
567.8 (22.354) |
| % humidity | 52 | 49 | 48 | 49 | 53 | 67 | 79 | 77 | 65 | 57 | 55 | 53 | 58.7 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 65.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 198.7 | 202.6 | 239.0 | 247.1 | 260.5 | 234.9 | 205.1 | 228.4 | 249.9 | 233.0 | 196.5 | 186.7 | 2,682.4 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
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