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Xining City, Qinghai Province. What's the weather like all year round?

Xining has a semi-arid climate on the mainland plateau, with an average annual sunshine 1939.7 hours, an average annual temperature of 7.6℃, a maximum temperature of 34.6℃ and a minimum temperature of-18.9℃, which belongs to a plateau alpine climate. The average temperature in summer is 17- 19℃, and the climate is pleasant. It is a summer resort and is called "the summer capital of China".

Xining is 226 1 m above sea level, with an average annual precipitation of 380mm and evaporation of 1 363.6mm. Huangshui and its tributaries, Nanchuan River and Beichuan River, meet in the city from the west, south and north, and flow eastward through the urban area.

Extended data

Qinghai is located at the source of the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Lancang River. The rivers in the territory are vertical and horizontal, the riverbed is steep, the valley is narrow and the drop is large. There are abundant hydropower resources, especially the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, which have great development potential. According to exploration, the hydropower resources in the whole province are 100MW, with a total reserve of 23.37460MW, accounting for 3.3% of the whole country and 27.8% of the northwest region respectively.

The total installed capacity of large and medium-sized hydropower stations that can be developed is 20.99 million kilowatts, of which the power stations above 250,000 kilowatts can be built 17, and the power stations from 25,000 to 250,000 kilowatts can be built1. Xining is also rich in surface water and groundwater. Huangshui River runs through the urban area, with annual runoff of 65.438+89.4 million cubic meters, self-produced surface water resources of 70.65438+00 million cubic meters, groundwater resources of 698 million cubic meters and water resources of 65.438+39.9 million cubic meters.