[The Epoch Times, November 4, 2023]After experiencing the second-hottest October in decades, temperatures in northern China are expected to plummet by 20°C. But temperatures are expected to likely return to above-normal temperatures soon.
On November 3, the China Meteorological Administration predicted that the weather in northern China will turn colder in a short period of time, and some places may even see temperatures drop by 20°C for two days.
According to the forecast of the China Meteorological Administration, a new cold air mass formed in the northwest will affect northern China on the 4th. Combined with the cold air mass that appeared in China on the 2nd, the temperature in the region will drop rapidly.
Inner Mongolia has issued a cold wave warning. The sparsely populated deserts and grasslands in the northern region may drop by 10°C for two consecutive days on the 3rd and 4th. Snowstorms may occur in Xinjiang, which is famous for being dry.
The China Meteorological Administration said that the cold air mass will drift southeastward, causing temperatures in the Northeast to drop to single digits or even close to zero. Although it is not unusual for the Northeastern region to experience single-digit temperatures close to zero degrees Celsius in early November, at the end of October, record-breaking high temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius were measured in some places in this region. Such a dramatic cooling in a short period of time is extremely unusual.
China’s weather has become more extreme in recent years, damaging urban infrastructure and farmland and causing huge economic losses.
This summer, typhoons brought historic rainfall to inland areas unaccustomed to tropical storms. Typhoon Doksuri (also translated as Dusuri) caused the worst flooding in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Haihe River Basin since 1963.
Earlier this year, northern China experienced unseasonal high temperatures, with temperatures in the northernmost city, Mohe, dropping to a record low of minus 53°C shortly after a cold January. Mohe is located in the northern part of Heilongjiang Province. It is the city with the highest latitude and the lowest temperature in China. The annual average temperature is -3.8℃.
Jia Xiaolong, deputy director of China’s National Climate Center, said at a press conference on November 3 (Friday) that this year’s winter is likely to get warmer due to the mild El Niño phenomenon.
El Niño is a natural weather pattern associated with warming ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. This phenomenon occurs every two to seven years and lasts for nine to twelve months.
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2023-11-03 21:45:59
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