Hrubý Jeseník

Hrubý Jeseník (German: Altvatergebirge or Hohes Gesenke, Polish: Jesionik Wysoki, English: High Ash Mountains) is a mountain range of Eastern Sudetes in northern Moravia and Czech Silesia. It is the second highest mountain range in the Czech Republic.

This article is about mountain range of Eastern Sudetes. For settlement in Central Bohemia, see Hrubý Jeseník (Nymburk District).
Location of Hrubý Jeseník in the Czech Republic
Hrubý Jeseník

Its best known natural sights include:

Etymology

According to the most probable theory, the name has its origin in the word jasan, i.e. "ash". Jeseník (respectively Jesenný stream) was first the name of a stream that flowed through an ash forest in a valley. The name was Germanized to Gesenke (i.e. "slope") and used as a name of a small town that was founded in the valley (but later disappeared), and then it was transferred first to the valley, and then to the whole mountain range. Later the name was changed back to Czech Jeseník. Jeseníky (plural form of Jeseník) is a collective term for an area that includes the mountain ranges of Hrubý Jeseník (literally "rough Jeseník") and Nízký Jeseník (i.e. "low Jeseník").[1]

Climate
Climate data for Šerák (Šerák), 2004-present normals, extremes 2004-present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 8.6
(47.5)		 10.3
(50.5)		 13.5
(56.3)		 19.9
(67.8)		 24.1
(75.4)		 28.6
(83.5)		 27.1
(80.8)		 27.1
(80.8)		 25.7
(78.3)		 23.2
(73.8)		 15.2
(59.4)		 8.5
(47.3)		 28.6
(83.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −5.2
(22.6)		 −5.2
(22.6)		 −2.5
(27.5)		 3.2
(37.8)		 7.0
(44.6)		 10.9
(51.6)		 13.0
(55.4)		 12.6
(54.7)		 8.3
(46.9)		 4.2
(39.6)		 0.2
(32.4)		 −3.6
(25.5)		 3.6
(38.5)
Record low °C (°F) −26.8
(−16.2)		 −23.6
(−10.5)		 −19.4
(−2.9)		 −10.8
(12.6)		 −6.3
(20.7)		 −1.3
(29.7)		 1.8
(35.2)		 0.0
(32.0)		 −2.4
(27.7)		 −9.2
(15.4)		 −13.1
(8.4)		 −20.1
(−4.2)		 −26.8
(−16.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 86.0
(3.39)		 65.0
(2.56)		 75.0
(2.95)		 71.0
(2.80)		 128.0
(5.04)		 131.0
(5.16)		 133.0
(5.24)		 110.0
(4.33)		 114.0
(4.49)		 77.0
(3.03)		 81.0
(3.19)		 74.0
(2.91)		 1,145
(45.08)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 51.4 54.8 104.9 164.8 173.9 170.1 198.0 190.6 142.0 111.0 57.8 43.8 1,463.1
Source 1: World Meteorological Organization (UN)[2]
Source 2: NOAA[3]

References
  1. "Jeseníky" (in Czech). Czech Radio. 2004-01-15. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  2. "World Weather Information Service – Brno". World Meteorological Organization. May 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  3. "Brno Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 28 February 2013.

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