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Slight cold (English name: Lesser 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 every year on June 5-7 of 65438+ 10 in 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 summer heat, severe summer heat and intense summer heat, it is a solar term indicating temperature change. The slight cold solar term is characterized by cold, but it is not extremely cold. Plum blossoms are in full bloom.

In the slight cold season, the direct point of the sun is still in the southern hemisphere, and the heat in the northern hemisphere is still in a state of loss. The heat absorbed during the day is still less than the heat released at night, so the temperature in the northern hemisphere continues to decrease. After the winter solstice, the cold air frequently goes south, and the temperature continues to drop, and the temperature drops to the lowest during the slight cold and severe cold in a year. There is a folk saying that "it's 239 when it's cold, and it's shivering with cold", which shows the cold degree of solar terms.

According to China's long-term meteorological records, the slight cold solar terms are colder than the severe cold solar terms in the north, and there is a saying in the north that "slight cold is better than severe cold"; However, for some parts of the south, the lowest temperature in the whole year will still appear in the great cold solar terms.

Weather characteristics of slight cold:

It's getting cold, but it's not. In the slight cold season, the direct point of the sun is still in the southern hemisphere, and the heat in the northern hemisphere is still in a state of loss. The heat absorbed during the day is still less than the heat released at night, so the temperature in the northern hemisphere continues to decrease. 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.

During the slight cold, the average temperature in Beijing is generally around minus 5℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is below minus 15℃. In the northeast, the average temperature at this time is around 30℃ below zero, the extreme minimum temperature can be as low as 50℃ below zero, and the average maximum temperature in the afternoon is only 20℃ below zero. The average temperature in the area north of 45 N in Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang and the northern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is about MINUS 20℃, and the average temperature in the area near 40 N in the west of Hetao is about MINUS 10℃.

The average temperature along the Huaihe River in Qinling Mountains is about 0℃, and there is no seasonal frozen soil in the south of this line, and there is no obvious wintering period for winter crops. At this time, the average temperature in the south of the Yangtze River is generally around 5℃. Although the field is still full of vitality, cold air sometimes goes south, causing certain harm.