Will it snow in Xiamen? When did it last snow in Xiamen?

Snow is a very beautiful thing. It is very common in the north, such as the northeast. Recently I saw someone on Weibo posting a photo of "snowing" in Tong'an, which caused controversy. Some people said it snowed, while others said it didn't. This issue’s Xiamen Culture special topic will take you to discuss together.

Will it snow in Xiamen in winter?

Will it snow in Xiamen in winter? According to the authority of the Municipal Meteorological Department, it has not snowed in urban Xiamen since meteorological records began. It may have snowed in the mountainous areas outside the island, but there are no relevant records. In fact, in Fujian, if you want to see the snow scenery, it is more reliable to run to the north of Fujian and to the mountains with a higher altitude.

When was the last time it snowed in Xiamen?

In some magazines and newspapers in Xiamen, it has been repeatedly claimed that Xiamen has had several snowfalls over the past century. Among these records, there are two times where it is clearly stated that the scope of snowfall was on Xiamen Island: one is "In the 16th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1751), it snowed in Xiamen and Tong'an"; the other is "January 30, 1941" , there is heavy snowfall in Xiamen city."

The "snow" falling in Tong'an is actually rime

Although it has never snowed, frost, ice and other phenomena are still common in Xiamen in winter. When bitterly cold weather occurs, small ice particles and ice-like objects occasionally fall in the mountainous areas, but they cannot be called snow.

Since the day before yesterday, the "snow" in the high-altitude mountains of Tong'an is actually rime. Rime, commonly known as tree hanging, is caused by the condensation of oversaturated water vapor in the air. It is a natural wonder that can be encountered but not sought.

To discuss whether it has snowed in Xiamen, we must first determine the scope of "Xiamen". If "Xiamen" refers to Xiamen City including Tong'an County after September 1973, then since Tong'an County is distributed with medium and low mountains and high hills with higher altitudes, and according to the changing pattern of temperature, the altitude changes every day. When the temperature rises 100 meters, the temperature drops by 0.6C°. Therefore, it is not unusual for snow to fall in the Tongan Mountains.