Climatic characteristics and legends of slight summer heat

Climatic characteristics of light summer, rising temperature and entering thunderstorm period;

Slight summer heat is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the fifth solar term in summer, indicating the official start of the summer season, and the date is between July 6 and July 8 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

In most agricultural areas of China, crops in China have entered a vigorous growth stage after the harvest in May of the lunar calendar and before and after the light summer, except for winter and spring wheat harvested in Northeast and Northwest China. Farming is mainly a variety of field management work, and topdressing and pest control should be carried out according to the growth.