China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday that multiple regions in China will witness a sharp increase in temperatures this week. In some southern regions, the highest temperatures are anticipated to near 30 degrees Celsius, which is quite unusual for this time of the year.
This week, both the northern and southern parts of China will experience a remarkable warm – up. According to weather.com.cn, starting from Monday, temperatures in many northern areas could go above the seasonal average, while the warming in southern regions will come a bit later. Around Friday, the warming trend is likely to reach its peak across most of the country, and some southern areas might exceed 25 degrees Celsius.
CCTV also reported that the warming trend in both the north and south of China is expected to last for five to six days, with temperatures peaking on Friday and Saturday.
Some cities like Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province in East China and Wuhan in Hubei Province in Central China are predicted to have highs reaching 30 degrees Celsius, as reported by CCTV.
In Northeast China, the highs will hover around 10 degrees Celsius. Temperatures across the Huanghuai and Jiangnan regions are expected to exceed 20 degrees Celsius, and certain areas in Jiangnan will approach 30 degrees Celsius.
The northern parts of China are set to start warming up first on Monday, while the temperature rise in southern China will be slightly postponed, with significant warming beginning after Wednesday. During this warming period, temperatures in most regions will climb by more than 10 degrees Celsius. Central and southern Northeast China, as well as parts of North China and Jiangnan, will see increases of over 15 degrees Celsius.
In some cities, the temperature rise will be rapid and substantial. For example, in Changsha, Hunan Province in Central China, the highest temperatures from Tuesday to Thursday will rise from 9 degrees Celsius to 14 degrees Celsius and then further to 23 degrees Celsius, as if quickly transitioning into spring. In Guiyang, Guizhou Province in Southwest China, the highest temperature on Wednesday will reach 11 degrees Celsius and then surge to 20 degrees Celsius on Thursday, with a significant one – day increase of 9 degrees Celsius.
It is worth noting that the temperature difference between day and night could be more than 15 degrees Celsius.
Although daytime highs are rising rapidly, nighttime lows will increase more slowly. Since the increase in temperature lows is neither as large nor as fast as that of the temperature highs, the temperature gap between day and night in both the northern and southern parts of China will widen in the coming week. In many places in the northern regions, the day – night temperature variations will exceed 15 degrees Celsius, and in Jiangnan and its surrounding regions, the variations will be over 10 degrees Celsius between Thursday and Friday.
This warming surge will also speed up the seasonal transition. With the temperature climbing, many areas in Jiangnan are expected to enter spring. However, a moderate cold front in early March may still cause sharp temperature fluctuations in southern China, so people should be cautious about potential spring cold spells.
