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Shanghai enters the rainy season these days. I can expect 2 month long of raining days. Now, it rains heavily outside, from yesterday night, to this morning, till now. I will expect it to rain the whole night again till tomorrow morning, and maybe continue to rain....

In short, I mean we have to say goodbye to sunny days in Shanghai temporally for about 2 months. It is like the weather of Seattle in winter. The cloths never dry in these days. It is called Mei Yu in Chinese, or Berry Rain because it is the season for harvest of berry. The cold air and the warm air counterstrike on the Yangtze River before the warm air moves northward. So it rains everyday. This is what I learnt on geography text book.


Posted by Jian Shuo Wang at June 15, 2004 6:19 PM
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Comments

Shanghai Daily a few days ago had an article describing the cause of this raining season. It uses both "plum rain" and "mold rain". I think these are better translations.

Posted by: Zhu Qingsi on June 15, 2004 8:06 PM

>>> In short, I mean we have to say goodbye to sunny days in Shanghai

That's strange, I don't remember ever saying "hello" to sunny days in Shanghai! ;-)

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Posted by: Shanghai Slim on June 15, 2004 10:59 PM

Ha. Sometimes Shanghai is sunny and beautiful, like this: http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040502_jinqiao_biyun_international_district.htm

Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang (external link) on June 16, 2004 12:13 AM

try this !


SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

Posted by: bei on June 16, 2004 10:46 AM

Hi WJS,

We will be in Shanghai this Thursday and this is our first time to see China, meaning that we would not like to get an unpleasant first-impression because of the rainy weather.

Would you mind giving us some tips, if any, about getting around during these rainy days? And is it the same weather in e.g. Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, etc.?

By the way, your site is very useful. It seems honest about things. Good work, and thanks for that.

Regards,
Li.

Posted by: Li on June 21, 2004 8:11 PM

Chances are, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Suzhou are in the same weather as Shanghai. However, the whether of Shanghai became good in the recent few days.

Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang (external link) on June 21, 2004 10:29 PM
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