Warm winter in China so far (snow, record, temperatures, cities)

[Bettafish]

Very little snow in most places. The minimum is above average in most cities too.

Beijing -9.5
Harbin -29.6
Shenyang -25.9
Xi'an -6.7
Shanghai -4.8
Chongqing 3.7
Guangzhou 4.3
Hong Kong 10.7

[nei]

What are these temperatures? January averages, average max for Jan? Or entire winter?

[The East Frisian]

Originally Posted by nei

What are these temperatures? January averages, average max for Jan? Or entire winter?

I suppose its the absolute winter minimum so far for these cities.

[nei]

Originally Posted by The East Frisian

I suppose its the absolute winter minimum so far for these cities.

That makes the most sense, otherwise I'd be confused at the thread title.

[Bettafish]

Originally Posted by The East Frisian

I suppose its the absolute winter minimum so far for these cities.

Yes. It's kind of high, especially for Beijing.

[nei]

Originally Posted by Bettafish

Yes. It's kind of high, especially for Beijing.

Had to look up Beijing's averages. Looks like its winter temperatures are similar to mine except with a faster early spring warmup.

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by nei

Had to look up Beijing's averages. Looks like its winter temperatures are similar to mine except with a faster early spring warmup.

And much more stable apparently.

[Bettafish]

Originally Posted by tom77falcons

And much more stable apparently.

Right. It is very rare for Beijing to rain in January. However Western Massachusetts rained just this month.

[deneb78]

-9.5C for a record low for winter is ridiculously warm for Beijing.. that's like close to their average low. By contrast Vancouver which averages around 1C for average winter low has a record low only slightly warmer this winter of -8.9C.

[Ethereal]

Lol they're still cold.

China/East Asia is just hilariously cold in the winter for their latitude, especially Hong Kong and Taipei.