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When is it hot in summer?

The time of light summer is usually July 6 -8 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

When the sun reaches longitude 105, it is a slight summer heat, so the time of slight summer heat is not fixed, usually on July 6 -8 of the Gregorian calendar every year. For example, the summer heat in 2020 is July 6, and the summer heat in 202 1 is July 7. Slight summer heat is the eleventh solar term among the twenty-four solar terms, and its arrival means the arrival of hot summer days.

Brief introduction of Xiao Shu:

Although light summer is not the hottest season in a year, it is followed by the hottest solar term in a year. There is a folk saying that "it is hot in summer and hot in summer, and it is steamed and cooked". Many places in China have entered the season with the most thunderstorms since summer.

The heat began to enter the dog days. The so-called "hot dog days". The dog days generally appear between the hot summer and the hot summer, and it is the time with the highest temperature and humid heat in a year.

Monsoon climate is the main feature of China climate. In summer, affected by the warm and humid air flow from the ocean, many places in China are hot, humid and rainy. Although the sunshine is fierce, the temperature is high, the humidity is high and there is a lot of rain in this season, for crops, the same period of rain and heat is conducive to growth.