Mount Jigong
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.
| Mount Jigong | |
|---|---|
  Mount Jigong Location in Henan  Mount Jigong Mount Jigong (Eastern China) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 814 m (2,671 ft)  |
| Coordinates | 31°48′13″N 114°05′05″E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Shihe District, Xinyang, Henan |
| Parent range | Dabie Mountains |
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
Mount Jigong has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa).
| Climate data for Mount Jigong (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
5.8 (42.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.0 (77.0) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.3 (79.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
16.3 (61.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
13.9 (57.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.3 (36.1) |
12.4 (54.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
14.5 (58.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
11.2 (52.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
9.7 (49.4) |
| 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) | 39.1 (1.54) |
53.3 (2.10) |
85.2 (3.35) |
94.9 (3.74) |
155.4 (6.12) |
163.1 (6.42) |
299.0 (11.77) |
222.5 (8.76) |
94.7 (3.73) |
87.0 (3.43) |
59.9 (2.36) |
26.9 (1.06) |
1,381 (54.38) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 81 | 88 | 88 | 80 | 71 | 66 | 63 | 74 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- Mr. Jigongshan - China's Summer Resort
- Ian Johnson, China: Worse Than You Ever Imagined, New York Review of Books, 22 November 2012
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Chinese (China)). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
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