The coldest Beijing in 55 years: masks freeze hard, sprinkling water into ice

Splashing water into the put has always been the most popular cool game in winter in the northeast of the south, Beijing area to be cold enough to play. Recently Beijing low temperature has led many netizens to follow suit.

Taiwan began to drop in temperature today, the forecast said the wave of cold will continue for many days, the lowest temperature on the flat may be close to the freezing point. The mainland’s weather forecast also issued the same warning, from Siberia south of the “cold wave” has just begun to hit the northeast and northern China, Beijing’s weather station reported that the temperature in Beijing early in the morning of January 7 has reached -19.6 ℃, the lowest temperature in 55 years.

Netizens have published their experience of the cold wave south saying, “Once it snows, Beijing becomes Beiping; once the wind goes on the roof, Beijing becomes the North Pole again.” Another netizen said, half an hour on the bike, the mask are frozen into a hard muddle. The next 1 week, the wave of “cold wave” will also arrive in Taiwan.

The latest news is that some Taiwanese people are starting to feel cold, but after seeing local weather reports posted by friends in Beijing on Facebook and other social networking sites, “suddenly I don’t feel so cold in Taiwan”. 6 days before the rumor that Beijing -17.1 ℃ to break the local record for the lowest temperature since the 21st century, the 7th morning was -19.6 ℃ refresh, becoming the lowest temperature in Beijing since February 22, 1966 (-27.4 ℃). The lowest temperature.

This “cold wave” from Siberia south will feel colder, and an important factor is that it is accompanied by strong winds. Lei Lei, chief forecaster of Beijing Meteorological Station, pointed out that due to the strong cold air from Siberia, half of the weather stations in Beijing fell below the lowest value in the history of the same period in early January early on the 7th, and some even fell to the lowest value in the history of records. Along with the rapid cooling, Beijing also saw northerly winds of 5 or more, with gusts even reaching 8 or 9. Netizens posted online, “Once it snows, Beijing becomes Beiping; once the wind goes down, Beijing becomes the North Pole.”

The “cold wave” from Siberia has just started to hit Northeast and North China, and the weather station in Beijing reported that the temperature in Beijing had reached -19.6℃ in the early morning of Jan. 7. (Photo/Internet)

Taiwan’s summer cycling is hot and hard, while Beijing’s winter cycling is unbearable and must be tightly wrapped, otherwise you will definitely get frostbite. (Photo/Internet)

Beijing meteorological department reminds the public that the central city is between -15℃ and -20℃, with a maximum temperature of only -7℃. It is cold and freezing, so the public should travel well to keep warm and avoid staying outdoors for a long time to prevent frostbite. As it is still during the epidemic prevention period, mainland people still need to wear masks when they go out. Some Beijing citizens who ride bicycles have posted videos on the Internet to show that the moisture on their masks has become hard and muddled after riding bicycles, and there is the sound of crushed ice when they pinch them. Many netizens checked the temperature report maps around the world and found that the low temperature has surpassed many big cities in the Arctic Circle, such as Russia’s Momansk (-5℃) and Norway’s Narvik (-14℃).

Beijing minus a dozen degrees, go out wrapped like this to wear a mask? (Photo/Internet)

Chinese weather network meteorological analyst Wang Weiyue explained that the cold wave came, the cold air mass at low altitude more cold, in the cooling at the same time accompanied by windy weather, wind chill effect is obvious, so the body temperature will be lower. But this wave of cold wave did not fall snow, mainly condensation nodules, water and air and other conditions are not enough.

The strong cold wave hit Beijing with a low temperature of -19.6℃, breaking the coldest record in 55 years. (Photo / net)

With the cold wave south, the mainland of central and southern China will also gradually lower the temperature, according to the weather station forecast, the cold wave will affect central and eastern China, the temperature drop of more than 10 ℃, many places will set a new low temperature since the winter. Central and eastern China has issued a blue alert for cold wave, including southern Shandong, most of Jiangsu, Shanghai, most of Zhejiang, northeastern Jiangxi, northwestern Fujian and other places.

The National Climate Center of the mainland pointed out that the 2 cold waves this year are not much compared to the past, but the impact is particularly large and strong. The climate is affected by the imminent peak of the anti-santa phenomenon and the low Arctic sea ice in autumn, and the cold air activity will be more frequent and stronger than usual. In addition, the unusually low Arctic sea ice in September 2020 (the second lowest on record) is also important. The study points out that the low Arctic sea ice in September is conducive to a strong Siberian high pressure in winter. Last summer’s monitoring results already showed that the high pressure in Siberia will be stronger this winter than in previous years.

As Beijing is colder this year than in previous years, the cool winter moves of the northeast, such as “splashing water into ice”, which is loved by people in the south, can now be realized in Beijing. Beijing netizens have started to demonstrate, and there are a lot of videos shared on WeChat, Weibo and ShakeYin short videos.

The weather forecast stems produced by China Weather on the mainland have a lively online style and are well accepted by young people. (Photo)

The weather in central and eastern China will soon be snowy or rainy as the cold air moves south, and temperatures will continue to drop in southern China. Kunming, Yunnan Province, which is known as “four seasons like spring”, is forecast to see temperatures drop to as low as 0°C in recent days, similar to the situation in Taiwan. Similar to the situation around the mainland, are affected by the cold air from Siberia south, the low temperature around the mainland and Taiwan will continue for about a week, according to Taiwan’s weather forecast, next Tuesday is expected to be a low temperature of 0 ℃ on the flatlands, people who prefer snow can be prepared.