# Lushan City

Lushan City (simplified Chinese: 庐山; traditional Chinese: 廬山; pinyin: Lúshān), formerly Xingzi County (Chinese: 星子县), is a county-level city in the north of Jiangxi Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jiujiang.

## Administrative divisions

Lushan City is divided to 9 towns and 1 township.

### 9 towns

* Nankang (南康镇)
* Bailu (白鹿镇)
* Wenquan (温泉镇)
* Xingzi (星子镇)
* Hualin (华林镇)
* Jiaotang (蛟塘镇)
* Hengtang (横塘镇)
* Guling (牯岭镇)
* Haihui (海会镇)

### 1 township

* Liaonan (蓼南乡)

## Climate

Climate data for Lushan City, elevation 37 m (121 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.6 (74.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 30.5 (86.9) | 33.6 (92.5) | 34.0 (93.2) | 36.1 (97.0) | 37.9 (100.2) | 38.9 (102.0) | 37.1 (98.8) | 34.3 (93.7) | 29.6 (85.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 38.9 (102.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) | 11.5 (52.7) | 15.6 (60.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 26.3 (79.3) | 28.9 (84.0) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.4 (90.3) | 29.0 (84.2) | 23.9 (75.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 11.3 (52.3) | 21.6 (70.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) | 7.8 (46.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 17.7 (63.9) | 22.7 (72.9) | 25.8 (78.4) | 29.1 (84.4) | 28.9 (84.0) | 25.2 (77.4) | 19.9 (67.8) | 13.5 (56.3) | 7.5 (45.5) | 17.9 (64.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) | 4.8 (40.6) | 8.6 (47.5) | 14.4 (57.9) | 19.4 (66.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.1 (79.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 16.6 (61.9) | 10.2 (50.4) | 4.4 (39.9) | 14.9 (58.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) | −5.7 (21.7) | −2.2 (28.0) | 3.1 (37.6) | 9.2 (48.6) | 14.7 (58.5) | 19.2 (66.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 14.6 (58.3) | 4.6 (40.3) | −1.4 (29.5) | −9.5 (14.9) | −9.5 (14.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.2 (2.65) | 83.2 (3.28) | 145.3 (5.72) | 183.8 (7.24) | 210.6 (8.29) | 250.5 (9.86) | 202.8 (7.98) | 139.5 (5.49) | 69.5 (2.74) | 51.2 (2.02) | 63.8 (2.51) | 41.7 (1.64) | 1,509.1 (59.42) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.4 | 12.2 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 15.7 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 139 |
| Average snowy days | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 7.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 74 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 88.0 | 90.3 | 104.0 | 128.6 | 141.0 | 123.9 | 197.6 | 198.8 | 176.1 | 164.0 | 133.9 | 122.0 | 1,668.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 37 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 46 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 42 | 38 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||
Climate data for Guling Town, Lushan, elevation 1,165 m (3,822 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.5 (68.9) | 24.6 (76.3) | 26.4 (79.5) | 28.1 (82.6) | 29.3 (84.7) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.8 (89.2) | 30.2 (86.4) | 28.5 (83.3) | 25.1 (77.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 31.8 (89.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) | 7.0 (44.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 16.8 (62.2) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.2 (73.8) | 26.1 (79.0) | 25.3 (77.5) | 21.9 (71.4) | 17.3 (63.1) | 12.7 (54.9) | 7.0 (44.6) | 16.1 (61.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) | 2.9 (37.2) | 6.7 (44.1) | 12.5 (54.5) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.8 (67.6) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 18.1 (64.6) | 13.3 (55.9) | 8.5 (47.3) | 2.9 (37.2) | 12.2 (54.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) | −0.1 (31.8) | 3.5 (38.3) | 9.1 (48.4) | 13.7 (56.7) | 17.3 (63.1) | 20.3 (68.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 10.5 (50.9) | 5.5 (41.9) | −0.2 (31.6) | 9.4 (48.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) | −11.6 (11.1) | −10.4 (13.3) | −5.1 (22.8) | 1.6 (34.9) | 5.8 (42.4) | 11.9 (53.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 6.5 (43.7) | −2.4 (27.7) | −9.9 (14.2) | −16.7 (1.9) | −16.7 (1.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 85.3 (3.36) | 98.5 (3.88) | 167.9 (6.61) | 202.2 (7.96) | 251.2 (9.89) | 306.1 (12.05) | 274.2 (10.80) | 290.3 (11.43) | 147.8 (5.82) | 97.4 (3.83) | 83.0 (3.27) | 61.7 (2.43) | 2,065.6 (81.33) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.3 | 13.7 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 17.4 | 13.5 | 15.3 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 168.2 |
| Average snowy days | 9.3 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 26.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 85 | 85 | 87 | 84 | 75 | 69 | 65 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 112.3 | 102.4 | 112.9 | 130.4 | 136.5 | 111.4 | 175.7 | 153.9 | 147.6 | 158.8 | 144.0 | 142.7 | 1,628.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 35 | 32 | 30 | 34 | 32 | 27 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 37 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||