Distribution and trend on consecutive days of severe weathers in China during 1959-2014

doi:10.1007/s11442-016-1291-2

Abstract

Abstract:

Based on daily surface climate data and weather phenomenon data, the spatial and temporal distribution and trend on the number of consecutive days of severe weathers were analyzed in China during 1959-2014. The results indicate that the number of consecutive days for hot weathers increased at a rate of 0.1 day per decade in China as a whole, while that for cold weathers, snowfall weathers, thunderstorm weathers and foggy weathers showed significant decreasing trends at rates of 1.4, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.4 day per decade, respectively. Spatially, there were more consecutive hot days and rainstorm days in southeastern China, and more consecutive cold days and snowfall days in northeastern China and western China. Consecutive thunderstorm days were more in southern China and southwestern China, and consecutive foggy days were more in some mountain stations. Over the past 56 years, annual number of consecutive cold days decreased mainly in most parts of western China and eastern China. Consecutive thunderstorm days decreased in most parts of China. The trend of consecutive hot days, snowfall days and foggy days was not significant in most parts of China, and that of consecutive rainstorm days was not significant in almost the entire China.

Key words: severe weathers, consecutive days, distribution, trend, China

Jun SHI, Kangmin WEN, Linli CUI. Distribution and trend on consecutive days of severe weathers in China during 1959-2014[J].Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2016, 26(6): 658-672.

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Severe weathers	Periods of time
Severe weathers	1959-1970	1971-1980	1981-1990	1991-2000	2001-2014
Hot days	2.08	1.95	1.77	2.01	2.42
Cold days	39.62	38.99	37.69	35.58	33.43
Rainstorm days	0.21	0.20	0.19	0.22	0.22
Snowfall days	4.95	5.09	4.78	4.26	3.90
Thunderstorm days	5.38	5.06	4.59	4.38	3.72
Foggy days	1.82	1.98	1.89	1.74	1.54

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