What are the climate types in our country? Understanding them in one article

Climate types are the natural conditions of a region. They are generally formed by direct and oblique sunlight, monsoons, latitude position, land-sea position and altitude, and are divided by region and type. Climate types differ from place to place. The main climate types in our country are temperate continental climate, plateau and mountain climate, temperate monsoon climate, subtropical monsoon climate, tropical monsoon climate, etc.

The climate characteristics of our country

1. The characteristics of the monsoon climate are obvious, mainly shown in the significant changes in prevailing wind direction in winter and summer. As the monsoon advances, precipitation shows obvious seasonal changes.

2. The continental climate is strong, shown in the relatively large difference in average temperatures in winter and summer compared with other regions and countries at the same latitude. Winter is lower than regions at the same latitude, while summer is higher than regions at the same latitude.

3. The climate types are diverse. It not only spans cold, temperate and hot climate zones, but high mountains, deep valleys, hills and basins also mean that different scales of climate zones are often formed within a not very large horizontal range, as the saying goes, “different weather within ten li”.

The climate types of our country

1. Tropical monsoon climate: The tropical monsoon climate includes southern Taiwan Province, the Leizhou Peninsula, Hainan Island and Xishuangbanna and other places. The annual accumulated temperature is >=8000°C, the average temperature of the coldest month is not lower than 15°C, the multi-year average of the annual extreme minimum temperature is not lower than 5°C, the extreme minimum temperature is generally not lower than 0°C, and there is no frost all year round.

2. Subtropical monsoon climate: Most of South China and East China belong to this type of climate. The annual accumulated temperature is between 4500 and 8000°C, and the average temperature of the coldest month is 0 to 15°C. It is a transitional zone between the subtropics and the temperate zone. Summer temperatures are quite high (the pentad average temperature is >=25°C for at least 6 pentads, that is, 30 days), and winter temperatures are quite low.

3. Temperate monsoon climate: North China belongs to this type of climate. The annual accumulated temperature is between 3000 and 4500°C, the average temperature of the coldest month is -28 to 0°C, and in summer the pentad average temperature is still mostly above 22°C, but temperatures above 25°C are already rarely seen. It belongs to a relatively warm and cool type.

4. Plateau mountain climate: The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China belongs to this type of climate. The annual accumulated temperature is below 2000°C, the daily average temperature is below 10°C, and even the hottest temperature is below 5°C, or even below 0°C. The diurnal temperature range is large while the annual range is relatively small, but solar radiation is strong and sunshine is abundant.

5. Temperate continental climate: In a broad sense, the temperate continental climate includes temperate desert climate, temperate steppe climate and subarctic coniferous forest climate. In the narrow sense, the humid latter is excluded. Most inland areas of China north of 40°N are temperate continental climate.

6. Tropical rainforest climate: China's Nansha Islands belong to this type of climate. It is hot and rainy all year round, with abundant precipitation. The annual average temperature is 28 to 30 degrees, and the annual precipitation is more than 2800 millimeters.

The impact of climate on agriculture

1. Climate change increases the instability of production, and the losses to agriculture and animal husbandry caused by meteorological disasters increase.

2. Climate change makes the water resource problem in China's agricultural production increasingly severe.

3. Climate change may have a certain impact on relevant major agricultural projects in China, and the risk to the safe operation of major projects increases.

4. The impacts of climate change on China's agricultural natural ecosystems and on the economy and society are also shown in many other aspects.

5. Climate change increases the chance of agricultural production along China's coast being affected by disasters.

6. Strong temperature drops and large-scale rain and snow weather will cause frostbite to crops not yet harvested and to various livestock, and in severe cases can be fatal, causing economic losses to farmers and possibly leading to tight market supply.