Winter Solstice Cold Wave Hits Guangzhou with Freezing Temperatures and Possible Snowfall, Orange Warning Issued

The 0℃ line reaches the freezing point of 10 in Guangzhou, South China. The orange warning takes effect on 2023-12-23 00:00 “I feel cold even when I wear a down jacket when I go out.” The cold wave moves south, and the minimum temperature of 0℃ in the mainland reached South China yesterday morning. Many places in Guangdong, including five Hua, Heyuan, Huadu, Raoping, Chaoyang, etc. all experienced the coldest winter solstice in 40 years. The lowest temperature in Guangzhou yesterday was 3.3°C, the lowest temperature on the winter solstice since 1951. There was even a rumor on the Internet that it was snowing in Dongguan City.
At 9 a.m. yesterday, 10 cold orange warning signals were in effect in Guangzhou, and the temperature in Tianhe District was only 4℃. In the Central Business District of Zhujiang New Town, office workers are wrapped in thick cotton-padded jackets, down jackets, coats and other winter clothes and quickly walk into the office building. The humid cold wind from the south blows in the face, making people feel even colder.
The lowest temperature recorded is 3.3℃, ​​and it’s snowing in Dongguan
“I put on all the thickest clothes at home, but I still feel so cold.” China News Agency quoted Li Yixin, who has worked in Guangzhou for nearly six years, saying that this is the coldest winter solstice she has experienced in Guangzhou in recent years. In previous years, Guangzhou It was quite warm during the winter solstice, and this year it felt very atmospheric. She planned to eat dumplings with her colleagues at noon, and then buy some clothes to keep out the cold.
Lutian Town, Conghua City, Guangzhou recorded a temperature of minus 1.6°C at 8:20 yesterday morning. In the Wuzhishan Scenic Area of ​​the local Liuxihe National Forest Park, the trees were covered with white frost and snow, and the vast white area was as beautiful as a fairyland. Some mainland netizens claimed that there was light snowfall in Dongguan yesterday, but some local citizens said they did not notice any snowfall. On January 24, 2016, there was indeed a snow record in Dongguan.
The lowest temperatures in Shenzhen yesterday were generally between 4 and 7 degrees Celsius, and the authorities opened 546 indoor cold shelters. The Guangdong Meteorological Observatory predicts that Guangdong will maintain sunny and cold weather from the 22nd to the 25th, with a large temperature difference between day and night. Frost may form in some areas of cities and counties in northern Guangdong and the central and northern Pearl River Delta. Guangzhou will be mainly cloudy today and the cold will continue. The temperature will only be around 3℃ in the next three days.
As for North China, most areas such as central and western Inner Mongolia, northern Shaanxi, North China, and Northeast China, the minimum temperature or average temperature yesterday was more than 5°C lower than the same period in history, and in some areas it was more than 7°C lower. The Ningxia section of the Yellow River was closed for the first time this year, with a length of about 5 kilometers. The closure date was 13 days earlier than the average for many years. The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that the national temperature will not rise until the middle of next week.
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2023-12-22 16:00:00