Mount Jigong
Mount Jigong | |
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Highest point | |
Coordinates | 31°48′13″N 114°05′05″E / 31.803674°N 114.08462°E |
Geography | |
Location | Shihe District, Xinyang, Henan |
Parent range | Dabie Mountains |
Mount Jigong (simplified Chinese: 鸡公山; traditional Chinese: 雞公山; pinyin: Jīgōng Shān) is a mountain in Shihe District, Xinyang, Henan Province, China,[1] located near the border with Hubei Province to the south. The name, which means Rooster Mountain or Cockerel Mountain, is derived from its shape.
It used to be a summer retreat for Western missionaries and, later, for Communist officials.[2] From 1898 to 1936, over 300 villas of various styles were built on the mountain by foreign missionaries of different countries and the area became a famed summer resort. It is 38 km from downtown Xinyang.
Climate
[edit]Mount Jigong has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa).
Climate data for Mount Jigong, elevation 734 m (2,408 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) | 21.1 (70.0) | 25.3 (77.5) | 28.6 (83.5) | 32.2 (90.0) | 33.9 (93.0) | 34.5 (94.1) | 33.9 (93.0) | 32.1 (89.8) | 29.1 (84.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 17.4 (63.3) | 34.5 (94.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.5 (43.7) | 11.6 (52.9) | 18.1 (64.6) | 22.3 (72.1) | 25.3 (77.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.6 (79.9) | 23.0 (73.4) | 18.2 (64.8) | 12.2 (54.0) | 6.1 (43.0) | 16.7 (62.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) | 2.5 (36.5) | 7.2 (45.0) | 13.3 (55.9) | 18.1 (64.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.0 (73.4) | 19.1 (66.4) | 14.3 (57.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 2.4 (36.3) | 12.8 (55.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) | −0.1 (31.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | 9.8 (49.6) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 21.3 (70.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.4 (52.5) | 5.4 (41.7) | −0.2 (31.6) | 10.0 (49.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −13.1 (8.4) | −13.6 (7.5) | −7.3 (18.9) | −3.7 (25.3) | 4.0 (39.2) | 7.7 (45.9) | 14.6 (58.3) | 10.6 (51.1) | 6.0 (42.8) | −0.5 (31.1) | −11.7 (10.9) | −13.6 (7.5) | −13.6 (7.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 42.2 (1.66) | 50.9 (2.00) | 79.0 (3.11) | 102.7 (4.04) | 138.3 (5.44) | 185.6 (7.31) | 258.4 (10.17) | 188.8 (7.43) | 90.6 (3.57) | 86.7 (3.41) | 54.5 (2.15) | 29.3 (1.15) | 1,307 (51.44) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.4 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 130.1 |
Average snowy days | 7.7 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 22.2 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 81 | 87 | 87 | 79 | 69 | 66 | 63 | 73 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 138.2 | 131.2 | 161.5 | 184.4 | 190.2 | 175.7 | 189.4 | 182.7 | 162.6 | 166.5 | 158.4 | 150.6 | 1,991.4 |
Percent possible sunshine | 43 | 42 | 43 | 47 | 44 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 48 | 45 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] |
References
[edit]- ^ Mr. Jigongshan - China's Summer Resort
- ^ Ian Johnson, China: Worse Than You Ever Imagined, New York Review of Books, 22 November 2012
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023.