What's the difference between light snow and heavy snow?

165438+1October 22nd or 23rd is a light snow solar term. The northeast wind began to become a frequent visitor in China, and the temperature gradually dropped below 0 degrees Celsius, but the earth was not too cold. Although it began to snow, the amount of snow was not large, so it was called light snow. At this time, the yang is rising and the yin is falling, which leads to the impassability of heaven and earth, the imbalance of yin and yang, the loss of vitality of everything, the occlusion of heaven and earth and the turning into severe winter. The first snow will appear in the area north of the Yellow River, reminding people that it is time to keep out the cold and keep warm.

What do you mean by heavy snow?

The solar term of heavy snow usually falls on February 7 or 8 10 every year, when the sun reaches 255 degrees of the yellow meridian. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "At this time, the snow is abundant." Heavy snow means colder weather, and the possibility of snowfall is greater than that of light snow. This doesn't mean that there must be a lot of snowfall. On the contrary, after the heavy snow, the precipitation in various places has further decreased. The average precipitation in June 5438+February in Northeast China and North China is generally only a few millimeters, but less than 1 mm in Northwest China. When heavy snow and snow are classified according to snowfall, the snowfall is generally 5- 10 mm.