What month is it in Xiao Man?

Xiaoman is a day between May 20th and 22nd of the Gregorian calendar every year.

Xiaoman, the eighth of the 24 solar terms, is also the second solar term in summer. Every year, the full moon is uncertain, and the sun reaches 60 degrees. Every year, festivals are held from May 20 to 22 in the Gregorian calendar. For example, Xiaoman in 2023 is May 2 1, and Xiaoman in 2024 is May 20.

The name Xiaoman has two meanings. First, it is related to climate and precipitation. Small full solar terms, heavy rain began to increase in the south, frequent precipitation; As the saying goes, "small and complete, the rivers are getting full." The "fullness" in Xiaomanli refers to the excess rain. The second is related to agricultural wheat. The northern region is full of solar terms and little or no rain. This "fullness" does not refer to precipitation, but to the fullness of wheat.

Climate change in xiaoman season

When the solar terms are full, there will be more and more rainfall in the southern region; Warm and humid air from the ocean is active and meets cold air from north to south. At this time, there will often be sustained and large-scale heavy precipitation in South China, causing heavy rain or torrential rain; Jiangnan area, are often rivers and lakes. If there is little rain at this stage, it may be that the Pacific subtropical high is weak and located in the south, which means that it is Huangmei season.

Xiaoman solar term is often the one with the longest sunshine time among the 24 solar terms in northern China. The dry air in the north is much easier to heat than the humid air in the south, so when it is full, the temperature in some places in the north is easy to rise rapidly, and the temperature difference with the south is further narrowed.