Weather Forecast: Wet and Hot
By Jian Shuo Wang on 2006-06-19 20:01 · SummerThis is Wang Jian Shuo’s weather station, broadcasting from Shanghai. :-)
Just kidding. I know many people will come to Shanghai recently. You can imagine how frequently I receive emails to tell me they are coming to Shanghai and with exact date. I wish I have a public calendar to mark my reader’s trip to Shanghai, so people can share information, and best of all, ask those who just returned about timely information, like weather or the status of Xiangyang Market. You may not always get the latest information on my site. Some information is 2 years or three years old. How I wish I could help to add updates to those entries. I simply cannot do it.
Back to the topic, I have the impression that July will be the month with more visitors than other month. This is only from my very limited survey pool. So let me tell you something important - the weather.
I am sorry, but I have to tell you, July is not good time to visit Shanghai, if it is not the worst time.
About one week ago, Shanghai officially entered the rainy season. By using “official”, I mean media reported that all metrics show the rainy season arrived. Shanghai will be humid and hot in the next month. The season is expected to end on July 9.
Recently, it is really hot, and hotter every day. It is 33 C today, 34 C tomorrow, and 35 C the day after tomorrow.
So here is my suggestion:
Don’t worry. Most places have air/con, and you won’t suffer too much. For example, it is very cold in my office, and I have to put on my jacket.
Don’t bring any heavy and warm clothes. No worry. Definitely not useful.
Prepare to buy umbrella. It may be a better idea to buy one locally. Anyway, you will need it.
If you have more question about weather, feel free to post. Have a great trip in Shanghai!
10 Comments
Source: xinhua
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2004-01/30/content_1292637.htm
I was cooked last july when I visited Shanghai as many business used that stipulation for not turning on air-con.
maybe Europeans aren't taking the matter as seriously as millions of Americans and Japanese.
Like a ad promoting breast enlargement product:-). Just kiding.
That's why it is predictable most of the time.
Only problem for the weathermen is, that the world is changing and heating up, but with
five thousand years of chinese culture, why take this into consideration when you make your weather report ? :-)
Last year was nearly without rain in the "rainy season" here.
To Tony and Bovemanm :
Kim Yong Il and Iran's president are both tiny guys, but both are good friends of China, and both have a very big mouth and a screwed vision of the world.
The covering of the SCO-meeting last week in China left me astonished, as it nearly wasn't mentioned at all in the western media. In China it was big headlines every day.
Nearly a dozen of the most troublesome leaders in the world were here in Lujiazui, Pudong, including the presidents of Russia and Iran.
CNN gave no important news of this big meeting.
For a foreigner it had a clear (hidden) agenda for China, which I can't write here.
Hey, US guys, what did you do to your GPS-guided Tomahawk-missiles ?
Why not send just one to Pyongyang and begin saving the lives of thousands
of north koreans every year ?
(It was quite efficient in Libya, remember...)
Leo