Does Yulong Snow Mountain have snow in July?

In July, there was snow in Yulong Snow Mountain, but there was not much snow, only a little on the top of the mountain. However, if the weather is bad, tourists may not see it even if they take the cableway. The whole Yulong Snow Mountain is surrounded by fog.

Yulong Snow Mountain is a group of snow-capped mountains in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, with Li (Jiang)-Ming Highway in the east, Tiger Leaping Gorge in the west, Yuhu Lake in the south and Daju Tiger Leaping Gorge in the north. It is located at1004 ′ 2 ″-10016 ′ 30 ″ east longitude and 27 ′ north latitude.

It is a mountain range in the northern hemisphere where the equator is covered with snow all year round. It is juxtaposed with Zhongdian Snow Mountain in Jiangxi and Mianmian Mountain in the east. It starts from Sanjiangkou in the north and reaches 27 north latitude in the south, like a fan facing the ancient city.

The whole mountain 13 peaks are vertically arranged from south to north. The highest point of the main peak is 5596 meters above sea level, with snow all year round, and the height of the snow line is between 4800 and 5000 meters. There are temperate marine glaciers in Eurasia closest to the equator.

Climatic characteristics

Yulong Snow Mountain belongs to the south temperate plateau monsoon climate zone, which has unique mountain monsoon characteristics. Due to the great height difference between the valley and the top of the mountain, there are warm, warm, cool, north subtropical and cold vertical climatic zones from the valley to the top of the mountain.

Yulong Snow Mountain area is located in the southeast edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is controlled by westerly circulation, southwest monsoon and southeast monsoon alternately. The climate in this area is obviously divided into dry season and rainy season. The dry season 165438+ 10 to April of the following year is mainly controlled by the south branch of the westerly circulation and the winter wind on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with little rain. May-10 is the wet season, which is mainly controlled by the southwest and southeast monsoon, and the precipitation accounts for more than 90% of the annual precipitation.

From June 65438 to March of the following year, it was mainly controlled by the jet stream of the south branch of the upper westerly circulation, with less precipitation and less glacier recharge; In April, the south branch jet weakened, and the hot and humid southwest monsoon entered the area northward, and the wet season began.