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China Weather
In China, an enormous land across numerous degrees of latitude with a difficult terrain, climate changes drastically. It has many diverse temperatures and rainfall regions, together with continental monsoon areas. In winter the majority of the areas become cold and dry while in summer it is hot as well as wet. In China temperatures differ to a great extent.
Due to the impact of latitude coupled with monsoon activities, in winter, an isotherm of zero degrees passes through the Huaihe River- -Tibet Plateau -southeast Qinghai -Qinling Mountain. Regions that are situated in the north of the isotherm experience temperatures lower than zero degrees and regions in the south of it, experience temperature over zero. Mohe Town in Heilongjiang Province can experience an average temperature of 30 degrees centigrade lower than zero, while Hainan Province experiences temperature in excess of 20 degrees.
In summer, the majority of the areas experience temperatures in excess of 20 centigrade, notwithstanding the presence of the elevated Qinghai-Tibet Plateau as well as other mountains for example Tianshan. In the midst of these places that are hot, Turpan Basin in Xinjiang is the core of extreme heat at 32 centigrade generally. There are in addition the prominent 'Three Ovens' cities down the Yangtze River in summer namely, Chongqing, Nanjing as well as Wuhan.
Different temperature zones
- In China, there are five temperature zones and a plateau-climate zone from north to south. They include one cold-temperate zone, warm-temperate zone, mid-temperate zone, tropical zone, plateau climate zone and subtropical zone.
- Northern portion of Heilongjiang Province in addition to Inner Mongolia fall under the: Cold-temperate zone.
- Jilin, northern Xinjiang, and the major regions of Heilongjiang, Liaoning, as well as Inner Mongolia is situated in the Mid-temperate zone.
- Areas that are located in the middle and lower parts of the Yellow River, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, in addition to Hebei Province are found in Warm-temperate zone.
- South of isotherm of Qinling Mountain-Huaihe River, east of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau constitute the Warm- temperate zone.
- Hainan province, southern Taiwan, Guangdong, as well as Yunnan province falls under the Tropical zone.
- Qinghai-Tibet Plateau comes under the Plateau climate zone.
Rainfall in China is on the whole normal every year. From the spatial perspective, the distribution proves that the rainfall becomes more intense from southeast to northwest, since the summer monsoon affects the eastern seashores more in comparison to inland areas. In the region with the maximum rainfall is Huoshaoliao in Taiwan, where the average yearly rainfall can go up to 6,000 mm.
In China, the months May to September comprise the rainy seasons. During the rainy seasons heavy rainfall occasionally results in floods and the dry winter air is responsible for droughts. In several areas, particularly in the dry northwest, variation in rainfall each year is pronounced in comparison to the coastal area. This is attributable to the advance and retreat of the erratic summer monsoon. Analyzed spatially, South China, with its extended rainy season, experiences greater amounts of rainfall in contrast to the regions that are located in the Northern part of China.