Shanghai and other 7 provinces and cities cooled down the coldest town to -45.9℃

Temperatures plummeted in many parts of the mainland, with the lowest temperature recorded in the Daxinganling region of Heilongjiang province reaching -45.9 degrees Celsius. Photo shows the icy Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 9, 2020

Temperatures plummeted in many parts of the continent. Among them, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang and other seven provinces and cities in some areas of cooling up to 10 ℃; Heilongjiang Province, Huzhong Baishan scenic weather station recorded a minimum temperature of -45.9 ℃; the lowest temperature in Hebei Dam can drop to -41 ℃ to -33 ℃.

Continental Central Weather Station is expected to be affected by strong cold air, January 6 at 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the 8th, the eastern and southern parts of the northeast, eastern Northwest, most of North China, Yellow and Huai, Jianghuai, Jianghan, Jiangnan, eastern Southwest, most of South China will be cooled by 6 ℃ to 8 ℃.

Among them, Shanghai, most of Jiangsu, northern Jiangxi, Zhejiang, northwestern Fujian, southwestern Shanxi, south-central Shandong and other places in some areas of the cooling more up to 10 ℃.

Huzhong Town, Huzhong District, Daxinganling, known as “China’s coldest town”, the local meteorological department said the person in charge, Huzhong District, the White Mountain scenic weather monitoring station in the morning of January 5 recorded a minimum temperature of -43.6 ℃. Mohe City Meteorological Bureau said that between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. that day, the Amur Forestry Bureau adjacent to Huzhong District recorded a minimum temperature of -44.7°C.

At 7:54 p.m. on January 6, the Huzhong District Meteorological Bureau measured a temperature low of -45.9°C at the Huzhong White Mountain View weather station, which was the lowest temperature since the beginning of winter last year. Local has fallen below -40 ℃ for six consecutive days.

At 10:38 on January 6, the Hebei Provincial Meteorological Station issued a cold wave blue alert, referring to the impact of strong cold air, it is expected that in the morning of January 7, the minimum temperature in Zhangjiakou, Chengde, Tangshan, Qinhuangdao, Cangzhou north fell 8 ℃ to 10 ℃, other areas fell 6 ℃ to 8 ℃; the northern areas of Hebei Province can fall to -32 ℃ to -22 ℃, of which the dam can fall to -41 ℃ to -33 ℃, while other northern areas fell to -22 ℃ to -14 ℃.

In addition, due to the rapid drop in temperature, the icy area of Qinghai Lake has expanded. on January 3, according to the satellite data monitoring, the icy area of Qinghai Lake is about 3,560 square kilometers; compared with December 25, 2020 when it was just frozen, the proportion of the icy area of the lake increased by more than 64% in 10 days.