According to the weather forecast of the National Meteorological Center of China, the temperature is expected to drop from 6 degrees Celsius to 10 degrees Celsius, and in some places will be 12 degrees Celsius on October 10, China Daily reported.
Temperature dropped to 0 degrees Celsius in Son Tay, Ha Bac and Lieu Ninh provinces. Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is forecast to see snow.
Temperatures dropped dramatically, causing people in many places in China to feel the winter cold in mid-autumn.
The general weather pattern is common over a large area from hot to cold suddenly. From 17-18 degrees, the capital Beijing dropped to the lowest 2-3 degrees, while the same period last year the temperature was 9-10 degrees. Beijing, like many other provinces and cities, has not yet opened a heating system, so people clearly feel the cold of cutting the skin.
Previously, on October 2, the National Meteorological Center of China issued a blue warning - the lowest level on the 4-level warning scale - for the coldest period in the second half of this year.
This is the earliest cold air warning issued in the second half of the year since 2010 and also the first time since the agency officially implemented an early warning mechanism for meteorology.
According to Shandong-based Qilu evening News, the cold air during the Chinese National Day holiday caused economic damage to tourist destinations in Duy Phuong city.
The rain lasted for 4 days, making it impossible for tourists to visit, causing traffic jams and leading to the tourist area operators having to cancel festival programs.
Meanwhile, in southern China, dozens of drought warnings have been issued to cities and counties in Jiangxi Province that the crop could experience its worst drought in 50 years.
The temperature in Khanh Duong city in Cam Tuc province reached 40.9 degrees Celsius on October 3, breaking the national temperature record in October, when the average temperature was only about 20 degrees Celsius.
Southern provinces including Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian also set a new record for October.
"It's unusual for anyone to experience record temperatures like this in October," said Fang Keyan, a climate scientist at Fujian National University of Education. According to expert Fang, seasonal weather changes are becoming more complex to predict because atmospheric circulations are disrupted by rising global temperatures in the context of the climate crisis.
China has endured a harsh summer this year, with hundreds of thousands of people affected by the heaviest rainfall in 60 years, followed by a brutal heat wave that dried up rivers and lakes and killed thousands of livestock.
The heavy rains fell on the southern part of the country from April to June, causing severe flooding and landslides. Then there is a hot spell that spreads across Central and Southern China from mid-June to late August.
The persistent heat wave lasting for a long time in October was due to subtropical high temperatures, with temperatures in the central and downstream areas of the Yangtze River breaking records.
According to meteorologist Zhang Tao of the National Meteorological Center, before the cold air reaches the South, many places in this area will continue to be hot due to prolonged heat, with the highest temperature likely to continue to increase and break records.
