What's the climate like in Henan?

The climate of Henan belongs to temperate monsoon climate and subtropical monsoon climate. Henan Province, located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, has a warm temperate and subtropical monsoon climate.

1. Climate types in Henan Province

Henan has a warm temperate-subtropical, humid-semi-humid monsoon climate. Generally speaking, there is less rain and snow in winter, more wind and sand in spring, plenty of hot water in summer and sunny autumn. The annual average temperature in the whole province is generally between 12℃ and 16℃, between -3℃ and 3℃ in 1 month, and between 24℃ and 29℃ in July. Generally, it is high in the east and low in the west, high in the south and low in the north, with obvious differences between mountainous areas and plains.

The diurnal range of annual range is large, and the extreme minimum temperature is-2 1 .7℃ (1951year1month 12, Anyang). The extreme maximum temperature is 44.2℃ (1June 20th, 966, Luoyang). The frost-free period of the whole year is 180-240 days from north to south. The average annual precipitation is about 500-900 mm, with more mountains in the south and west, and the Dabie Mountains can reach more than1100 mm. 50% of the annual precipitation is concentrated in summer, and there are often heavy rains.

Second, the main characteristics of Henan climate

1, high temperature and rainy in summer: In summer, the solar altitude angle increases, the days are long, the temperature is high, and the southeast monsoon blowing from the tropical ocean brings abundant precipitation.

2. Winter is cold and dry: the coldest monthly average temperature is below 0 degrees Celsius, and winter is cold. The reason is: the local latitude is high, close to the winter wind source, and the terrain is low. Flat terrain, high in the west and low in the east, strengthens the wind in winter.

3. Summer and autumn are often affected by tropical cyclones. The main disastrous weather brought by this climate are: winter and spring: cold wave (sandstorm, frost, white damage). Summer: Strong convective weather (thunderstorm, gale, hail).