Rate the climate: Panzhihua (hot, warm, temperatures, days)
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It seriously bugs me that a place four degrees north of Hong Kong and 1157m higher gets much warmer days in winter, e.g. 6°C warmer in Feb. Something's wrong. Those stats don't look really legit. Anyone else?
It seriously bugs me that a place four degrees north of Hong Kong and 1157m higher gets much warmer days in winter, e.g. 6°C warmer in Feb. Something's wrong. Those stats don't look really legit. Anyone else?
It looks weird but it could be possible. China is weird. For example, Changsha has colder winters than Chongqing even though Changsha is at a lower elevation and a lower latitude and it's closer to the ocean.
It seriously bugs me that a place four degrees north of Hong Kong and 1157m higher gets much warmer days in winter, e.g. 6°C warmer in Feb. Something's wrong. Those stats don't look really legit. Anyone else?
The cold fronts from Mongolia/Siberia could reach Hong Kong but seldom reach Panzhihua. Arizona is often warmer than Arkansas for the same reason.
In addition, wind from the Indian Ocean could bring some warm temperatures to Panzhihua.
Last edited by Bettafish; 10-26-2012 at 01:49 PM..
It seriously bugs me that a place four degrees north of Hong Kong and 1157m higher gets much warmer days in winter, e.g. 6°C warmer in Feb. Something's wrong. Those stats don't look really legit. Anyone else?
I picked this one up too, mainly on the 21C or >70F minimums during summer - this simply does not happen at over 1100 metres elevation, anywhere.
The minimums are comparable to Chengdu, which is over 600 metres lower and further north, so they are definitely wrong.
I picked this one up too, mainly on the 21C or >70F minimums during summer - this simply does not happen at over 1100 metres elevation, anywhere.
The minimums are comparable to Chengdu, which is over 600 metres lower and further north, so they are definitely wrong.
You need to understand Panzhihua is located in a valley. Usually such places are much warmer than the surroundings.
Unlike most of China, Panzhihua is influenced by thre Indian Ocean monsoon, just like south Asia. Summers can be extremely hot. It reached 40C this year.
Chengdu has only 1000 hours of sunshine per year, about 50 hours in each winter month. Panzhihua is almost sunny every day in winter. So chengdu is much colder, especially during the day. Chengdu is one of the gloomiest major cities in the world.
Last edited by Bettafish; 10-26-2012 at 08:50 PM..
I give it a solid "B".. very nice overall and very unique climate for China I think.. definitely agree it looks more similar to a climate in the Indian Subcontinent with a hot season before the wet.
I'll give it a 'B' too. Bearable temperatures for most months of the year.
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