Does it snow in Liaoning?

Liaoning province ushered in the first large-scale snowfall in 2023. With the heavy rain, the depth of snow in many places in the province reached several centimeters or even more than ten centimeters. This abnormal weather makes people seize the opportunity to play in the snow, but it also brings some inconvenience to the traffic.

Snowfall in Liaoning province was caused by a large-scale cold air heading south recently. Different degrees of snowfall occurred in Panjin, Fuxin, Chaoyang, Tieling, Huludao and other cities. According to the data of meteorological department, the snow depth in Shengjing Plain has exceeded 10 cm, and the snow depth in central Liaoning, Faku and Beizhen has reached 10 cm or more. Such snowfall is rare in previous years, which has aroused widespread concern.

Geographical environment of Liaoning province

Liaoning Province is located in the south of Northeast China, between east longitude 1 18 53' and north latitude 125 46', bordering the Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea and Liaodong Peninsula in the south, across the Bohai Strait, echoing Shandong Peninsula from afar. The southwest borders Hebei Province; Northwest is adjacent to Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; The northeast is adjacent to Jilin Province; It is bounded by Yalu River in the southeast and faces North Korea across the river. The total land area of Liaoning Province is148,000 square kilometers, accounting for 1.5% of the total land area in China.

Liaoning belongs to temperate continental monsoon climate, with the same season of rain and heat, abundant sunshine and four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 8.8℃, which gradually decreases from the coast to the inland. The temperature difference between north and south is 5℃, and the annual average precipitation is 648 mm, increasing from northwest to southeast. It is rainy and hot in the same season in China, with abundant sunshine, high accumulated temperature, warm in winter and long in summer, short in spring and autumn and distinct in four seasons.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Liaoning Province