Has it ever snowed in Guangzhou?

It snowed in Guangdong.

Snow in the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong is nothing new. Public reports in recent years have found that from November to February of the following year, "first snow" is likely to occur in Guangdong. In terms of distribution areas, mountainous areas in northern Guangdong such as Lianzhou in Qingyuan, Yangshan, Ruyuan and Nanxiong in Shaoguan are common places where the first snow arrives in Guangdong. If we count not only the first snowfall in Guangdong, there are also snow records in central Guangdong.

The most recent one was the super cold wave in early 2016. Snow fell in 540 towns and sleet in 1,260 towns in Guangdong Province. On January 24 of that year, Guangzhou city experienced the worst snowfall since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The first snowfall occurred on the same day in Huizhou and Foshan. The last time it snowed in Dongguan was 124 years ago.

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It really snows in Guangzhou! On the night of the 23rd and the morning of the 24th, small ice particles "crackled" fell in many places in Guangzhou. After the meteorological department confirmed that they were graupel, at noon on the 24th, snow finally arrived in Guangzhou, which the "old Guangzhou" people were eagerly waiting for. .

Netizens from Guangzhou’s Tianhe, Yuexiu, Haizhu, Panyu and other districts, as well as Dongguan, Foshan, Huizhou and other places excitedly “showed off” the snowy scenery of southern Guangdong in their circle of friends. The reporter saw near Guangzhou Haizhuang Park at about 12 o'clock on the 24th. In the sporadic light rain, patches of white snow were flying down and falling softly to the ground. The small snowflakes were particularly obvious falling on dark clothes or car roofs.

Many citizens lamented that although it was not a heavy snowfall, seeing snow in Guangzhou was their first experience in their lives.

In this regard, Chen Zhigang, chief forecaster of the Guangzhou Meteorological Observatory, confirmed to Nanfang Daily that graupel was widely observed in the city from the night of the 23rd to the morning of the 24th; around noon on the 24th, short-term rainstorms occurred in some areas of the city. Sometimes it rains and snows.

Experts from the meteorological department checked historical records and found that the last time it snowed in Guangzhou was December 29, 1967, with sleet and sleet appearing in both Conghua and Huadu; in addition, graupel appeared twice, in 1971 In Huadu on January 30, 1983, and in Conghua on January 22, 1983.

In this cold wave, the meteorological department initially predicted that only the northern mountainous areas of Guangzhou would experience ice (frost) or sleet. However, on the 24th, sleet and sleet appeared in Guangzhou urban area, which became the first record since the beginning of meteorological records (New China). (since its establishment) for the first time. Not only that, Huizhou and Foshan also saw snow for the first time since meteorological records were recorded on the same day. The last time it snowed in Dongguan was in 1957.

People's Daily Online - After half a century, it snows again in Guangzhou