Is it cooler in the beginning of summer? The autumn is more intense in the northern regions

Will it be cooler during the Beginning of Autumn? There is a saying in ancient poetry: "Within three days of the Beginning of Heat, the new coolness is worth ten thousand pieces of gold." This describes the ancient people's joy and gratitude for the arrival of autumn coolness. Next, let’s take a look at the specific meaning of Chushu.

Is it cooler in the beginning of summer?

It marks the official end of summer

The 2017 Chushu solar term is coming soon. "Chu" means hiding or ending. The arrival of Chushu marks the official end of the hot summer. At this time, the heat gradually dissipates and the coolness gradually arises. There are sayings among the people that "the weather is cool in the beginning of autumn and the beginning of summer" and "the heat of Chushu does not come". The Chushu solar term means the beginning of autumn in meteorological terms. After the Chushu, the temperature in the north of the Yangtze River in China gradually decreases. After experiencing the scorching summer, people can't wait for the cool autumn to come. But when the hot summer is about to end, the "autumn tiger" will still pounce in the later period of the season and embrace the earth with its last scorching heat.

Autumn is more intense in the north

As the proverb goes, "Every autumn rain brings a chill." During the period of Beginning of Autumn, the sound of raindrops hitting leaves in the south is "ticking", while the sound of maple leaves in the north is like the sound of autumn rain, falling to the ground with a crackling sound, making the autumn atmosphere even stronger. The north enters autumn earlier than the south, so the weather is slightly cooler. However, the weather in the south is still relatively hot due to the influence of subtropical high pressure. So there is a popular proverb that goes, "The Great Heat and the Small Heat are not heat, but the Beginning of Autumn and the End of Heat are the real heat."

Average temperature during the Chushu solar term

The arrival of the Chushu solar term refers to the gradual decline in temperature in the area north of the Yangtze River. There is a saying among the people in Guangdong that "the heat of the End of Heat is so intense that rats die". Even after the End of Heat, Shenzhen still has hot weather. The average temperature on the day of the Beginning of Autumn was 28.6℃, and the historical maximum temperature was 36.9℃. According to meteorological data, the average annual temperature during the Chushu solar term in Wuxi is 26.3℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 37.5℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is 16.2℃. At the same time, the period around the Beginning of Autumn is the active period for typhoons throughout the year, and preventing typhoons and high temperatures remains the theme of this solar term.

How long will the weather be hot after the end of summer?

There is an old saying: "When the summer heat ends, the cool autumn wind is late in coming", but the temperature usually starts to turn cooler only during the White Dew solar term. Dew is water droplets formed by condensation of water vapor on the ground or near-earth objects due to a drop in temperature. Therefore, Bailu actually indicates that the weather has turned cooler. At this time, people will clearly feel that the hot summer has passed and the cool autumn has arrived. However, there is a saying among the people that "If you don't expose your body during the White Dew Day, you will be treated as a pig if you are shirtless", which shows that some people still go shirtless after the White Dew Day.