CMA convened national meeting to deploy key tasks for 2021

On January 19, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) convened the annual national meeting to deploy key tasks for 2021. The meeting is designed to map out new strategies for meteorological development, summarize work of 2020 and achievements made during 13th Five-Year Plan, deploy tasks for 2...

Meteorological support for arctic-alpine trial flight of C919

At 8:28 a.m. on January 7, C919 airliner took off under the condition of -35℃ at Hulunbuir Dongshan International Airport in Inner Mongolia. On January 8 and 14, the same scenario played out twice. After this crucial link, the 22-day arctic-alpine trial flight was rounded off.

Top 10 weather and climate events in 2020 unveiled

Recently, the selection result of the top 10 domestic and global weather and climate events in 2020 has been unveiled. The selection results of the top 10 weather and climate events in China have reflected the major features of weather and climate conditions in 2020 in China.

NMC predicts more rain coming in southern China in the next one week

In the next one week, National Meteorological Centre (NMC) predicts that rain will become heavier in China compared with previous days. From the night of January 20 to the daytime of January 23, southern China will be exposed to light to moderate rain.

Mr. ZHUANG Guotai was appointed as Administrator of CMA

In January 2021, Mr. ZHUANG Guotai was appointed as Administrator of China Meteorological Administration (CMA) by the State Council.

2020 was one of three warmest years on record

The year 2020 was one of the three warmest on record, and rivalled 2016 for the top spot, according to a consolidation of five leading international datasets by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). A naturally occurring cooling climate phenomenon, La Nina, put a brake on the heat only at ...

Climate change will be sudden and cataclysmic. We need to act fast

Advanced Radiative Transfer Model passes the operational review