What does slight cold mean?

A slight chill means that the weather is cold but not extreme.

Slight cold is the 23rd solar term among the 24 solar terms, the 5th solar term in winter, the end of the second month of the dry calendar and the beginning of the ugly month. Fighting fingers; The meridian of the sun is 285; It is celebrated from June 5 to 7 in the Gregorian calendar. Cold air is cold for a long time, and slight cold means that the weather is cold but not extreme. Like severe cold, mild heat, severe heat and intense heat, it is a solar term indicating temperature change.

Slight cold is the 23rd solar term among the 24 solar terms, the 5th solar term in winter, the end of the second month of the dry calendar and the beginning of the ugly month. Fighting fingers; The meridian of the sun is 285; It is celebrated from June 5 to 7 in the Gregorian calendar. Cold air is cold for a long time, and slight cold means that the weather is cold but not extreme. Like severe cold, mild heat, severe heat and intense heat, it is a solar term indicating temperature change.

The characteristics of slight cold:

The characteristic of slight cold is that the weather is getting cold, but it is not cold yet. The climate in south and north of China is quite different. According to China's long-term meteorological records, the slight cold solar terms in the northern region are colder than the severe cold solar terms; But for most parts of the south, the big cold solar terms are colder than the small ones. The "March 9th" in the middle of winter is basically within this solar term, so there is a saying that "slight cold is better than severe cold".

This is because on the solstice of last winter, the surface received the least sunlight and heat, but the heat in the deep soil supplemented this, so it was not the coldest time of the year. From the solstice after beginning of winter, around March 9th, the heat in the deep soil was also consumed. Although the sunshine and heat increased slightly, it still made ends meet, so the lowest temperature in the whole year appeared.