China Weather Network News Today (January 20) our country is ushering in the Great Cold Season. The Great Cold is the last solar term among the twenty-four solar terms. “The cold air is the opposite extreme, so it is called the Great Cold.” At this time of the year, the weather is extremely cold. The China Weather Network has launched a distribution map of extreme low temperatures across the country during the annual Big Cold period to see where it gets extremely cold.
“Distribution map of extreme low temperatures across the country – It’s freezing to the extreme”
“At the end of the year, there is a severe cold, and the mountains are covered with freezing snow.” Like Xiaohan, the severe cold is also a solar term that indicates the degree of cold weather. Shi Yan, a meteorological analyst at the China Weather Network, said that during the Great Cold Season, most parts of the country have entered the midwinter season, and extreme low temperatures often occur.
It can be seen from the national extreme low temperature distribution map launched by China Weather Network that extreme low temperatures occur all year round (1991-2020) in central Heilongjiang, central Inner Mongolia, most of Shandong, the coastal areas of East China, the Sichuan Basin and parts of Xinjiang. In the Great Cold Season.
Among big cities, extreme low temperatures occurred in Harbin during the Great Cold Season in 2001, with temperatures as low as minus 37.3°C; in Guiyang, during the Great Cold Season in 2000, temperatures reached minus 6.6°C. During the great cold period in January 2016, affected by the overlord cold wave, Shijiazhuang, Jinan, Xi’an, Shanghai, Chengdu, Kunming, Haikou and other places all experienced extreme low temperatures since 1991. The temperature in Haikou was only 5.6°C, and even the spring city of Kunming The temperature is also as low as minus 4.5℃.
“Big cold weather – Vitality lurks and everything is dormant”
“Small cold and big cold mean cold without wind.” In the big cold season, the weather is extremely cold. It is a season when vitality lurks and everything is dormant. At this time, cold waves move south frequently. In most parts of my country, winds are strong, temperatures are low, and the snow on the ground does not melt, presenting a severe cold scene of ice and snow, and freezing temperatures.
Judging from the year-round data, with the onset of the Great Cold Season, the national average temperature has begun to bottom out. However, judging from the average temperatures in various regions, the coastal areas of East and South China, northern Xinjiang, and parts of the Shandong Peninsula reached the lowest temperatures throughout the year during the Great Cold Season.
For the south, the cold during the major cold season is slightly better than the minor cold season. Especially when it rains and snows, the feeling of dampness and coldness is particularly obvious. Taking Guiyang as an example, the number of wet and cold days during the Great Cold Period is the most, up to 4.5 days. In winter, the weather is often sunny and humid and cold. Changsha, Hefei, Wuhan, and Nanchang are also representative cities that are wet and cold during the Great Cold Period, with the highest temperature being less than 5°C. It was just as cold inside and outside.
During the Great Cold season, cold air often moves southward, with frequent snowfall and deep snow accumulation in the northeast and northwest. East China, central China, and southwestern regions are also often disturbed by rain and snow, which can easily lead to icy roads. There are road icing warnings from north to south in my country. release.
During the Great Cold, fog and haze occur frequently in the central and eastern parts of the country, and visibility is low especially in the morning and evening hours. Special attention must be paid to road safety. Judging from the number of heavy fog warnings issued during the Great Cold, Guizhou, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Shandong, Shaanxi and other places have the most frequent fog warnings.
“Great Cold Wind – The cold air is going back to the extreme and is about to begin”
Despite the severe cold, flower letters still arrive as promised. The three seasons of the “Flower Letter” of the Great Cold are: the first season is daphne, the second season is orchid, and the third season is mountain alum. In the Jiangnan area, these three native plants all bloom in the harsh winter, and their fragrance is clear and long-lasting.
The three periods of the Great Cold correspond to “Chicken’s Milk”, “Zheng Bird’s Severe Disease”, and “Shui Ze’s Belly Firm”, which means that chickens have begun to hatch chicks, raptors have become more ferocious, and the ice has become harder and thicker. At this time, the weather is extremely cold, and things will turn to the extreme, which also indicates that spring is getting closer and closer.
“Great Cold Customs – Spring comes at the end of the severe winter and the end of the year”
The Great Cold is at the end of the year, and there are customs to “welcome the New Year in the Great Cold”, such as eating glutinous rice, sweeping dust, drinking, making teeth, sticking New Year’s red stickers, etc. Folks believe that glutinous rice has higher sugar content than rice. After eating it, the whole body will feel warm, which is good for repelling the cold. At the same time, glutinous rice means warmth and auspiciousness, and it will warm from the beginning to the end of the year.
Winter tonic needs to end in the cold season. You can eat some sweet vegetables such as cabbage, rape, carrots, cauliflower, etc. to gradually adapt to the climate characteristics of the upcoming spring when Yang Qi is rising. In addition, the severe cold is just after the March 9th and the beginning of the Fourth Nine. At this time, you need to add appropriate clothing when going out, and pay attention to keeping your head, neck, waist, knees, and ankles warm to prevent colds, headaches, and cervical spondylosis.
“The colors of winter are gone in this world, and spring will be warm and the flowers will bloom soon.” Once the big cold is over, it is the beginning of spring. Winter is coming to an end, why not wait for the return of spring in the cold fragrance. (Planning/Design by Liu Jun/Data support by Ren Chengying/Source of some pictures by Hu Xiao and Shi Yan/Visual China)