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Is it better to rain or sunny in summer?

It's good to rain in summer.

According to our local situation, it is better to rain in summer than to be sunny, because it is hot in summer, and it is also the time when corn, soybeans, rice and other crops need water. If it rains, it can just alleviate the drought. On the contrary, if it doesn't rain, there will be water shortage and drought, and if it doesn't supply water in time, it will definitely have an impact, leading to a reduction in production, so it is better to say that it rains in summer.

Actually, I don't need to say much about this. The older generation has given the answer. For example, there are proverbs such as "light rain in summer is like silver, heavy rain in summer is like gold" and "it's cloudy in summer, and gold is everywhere". These proverbs can fully explain that it is best to rain in solar terms, and in the hot stage, a proper amount of rain is more conducive to the growth and development of crops.

Meteorological change

The summer solar term is just around the Mid-Autumn Festival in the dog days, which is the strongest and hottest solar term in a year, and the "hot and humid steaming" also reaches its peak at this time. The summer heat is the season with the most thunderstorms and abundant rainfall. High temperature and rainy period are basically the same, and rain and heat are the same.

Monsoon climate is the main feature of China climate. In summer, affected by warm and humid air currents from the ocean, many places in China are hot, humid and rainy. At this time, the sun is fierce, the temperature is high, the humidity is high, and there is much rain. Although it is inevitable to suffer from damp heat, it is very beneficial to the growth of crops, and crops grow fastest during this period.

The summer solar term is the period with the strongest sunshine and the highest temperature in South China, the period with the richest rainfall, the most common thunderstorm and the most concentrated high temperature days in the west of South China, and the period with the highest temperature above 35℃ in the east of South China.