Qumarlêb County


Qumarlêb County is a county in the northeast of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, south-central Qinghai province, China.

Geography and climate

With an elevation of around, Qumarlêb County has an alpine climate, with long, very cold winters, and short, rainy, cool summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from mid September to late May; however, due to the wide diurnal temperature variation, average highs are only below freezing from mid/late November thru early March. Despite frequent rain during summer, when a majority of days sees rain, no month has less than 50% of possible sunshine; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 51% in June to 78% in November, the county seat receives 2,782 hours of bright sunshine annually. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, while the annual mean is. Over three-fourths of the annual precipitation of is delivered from June to September.