When is the summer dry season?

Summer drought usually occurs in summer, from mid-July to mid-August. Summer drought is a meteorological disaster, belonging to a certain period of summer drought. Because it is in the dog days, it is called "summer drought". Summer drought has a great influence on agricultural production, as well as industrial and mining water, domestic water and shipping.

Summer drought is characterized by strong solar radiation, high temperature, low humidity and large evaporation and transpiration. It is the hottest period in a year, usually after the rainy season. Summer drought is not only related to the growth of crops in that year, but also determines the reservoir capacity and the formation of soil moisture in that year, which has an important impact on the growth and yield of winter wheat and spring sowing crops in the coming year.

Summer drought mainly occurs in the Yangtze River basin and the south of the Yangtze River in China, especially in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Anhui and other provinces.

Meteorological disaster is a kind of natural disaster, which will directly or indirectly damage human life and property, national economic construction and national defense construction.

There are many meteorological disasters such as summer drought, which are generally divided into weather and climate disasters and meteorological secondary and derivative disasters.

Weather and climate disasters refer to typhoon (tropical storm, strong tropical storm), rainstorm (snow), thunderstorm, hail, strong wind, dust, tornado, heavy (thick) fog, high temperature, low temperature, continuous rain, freezing rain, frost, ice accumulation, cold wave, drought, dry hot wind, heat wave, flood, etc.

Meteorological secondary and derivative disasters refer to landslides, mudslides, storm surges, forest fires, acid rain, air pollution and other disasters caused by meteorological factors.