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Top 10 Weather and Climate Events in China 2005 |
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Source:CMA |
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(1) Eight severe tropical storms or typhoons landed in China, being of great intensity and extensive impact, and causing severe losses
In 2005 there were 8 severe tropical storms or typhoons landed in China, slightly more than 7 of normal years. Therein 6 reached the intensity of typhoon when landed (with a maximum wind speed more than 32.6m/s near the center), more than twice the number of normal year, and each of them had a maximum wind speed more than 45m/s near the center, which never occurred in recent 50 years.
In 2005 typhoons landed in China were characterized by great intensity and extensive impact. They caused that most people evacuated from dangerous areas, severe economic losses, but less death toll in adjacent sea and coastal areas.
Typhoon MATSA brought strong gale in Suzhou City
Met with astronomic tide and storm tide, Typhoon MASTA made high storm tide in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province
Yongjia County in Zhejiang Province was immersed (Typhoon MATSA)
The crops was flooded in Shanghai(Typhoon MATSA)
(2) In flood season the waterlogging was more serious due to valley rainstorm such as in Xijiang River, Minjiang River, and Huaihe River valleys etc
From June 17 to 25, continuous severe precipitation processes occurred in most of South China and the central and southern parts of South of Yangtze River. In Xijiang River of Guangxi province, Wuzhou hydrologic station recorded the highest water level since the liberation, and Gaoyao station occurred extreme flood which used to happen once in a century. In Minjiang River of Fujian province, flood also occurred which used to happen once in twenty years. Parts of the regions encountered severe disasters such as flood, landslide and mud-rock flow etc., which led to the Beijing-Jiulong and Yingtan-Xiamen Railways interrupted for a time, and caused severe economic losses.
Additionally in the fist and middle ten days of July, a large-scale and severe precipitation process occurred in Huaihe River, Hanshui valleys, Sichuan provinces, and most parts of Chongqing municipality. The water level exceeded the safety guarantee level again since 2003 at the Wangjiaba hydrologic station in Huaihe River valley. This precipitation process resulted in over 27 million people hit by the disaster in 6 provinces (or cities) such as Sichuan, Anhui, Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi and Chongqing.
The floodwater overflowed its banks.
A vast of floodwater on the street of Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province.
(3) Mountain torrents were severe due to local rainstorm in Hunan, Heilongjiang provinces etc
From May 31 to June 2, severe precipitation occurred in southeastern Southwest China, South of Yangtze River, and northern South China, of which the rainfall reached 50-100 millimeters in the central Guizhou province, most of Hunan province and west of Jiangxi province, causing mountain torrents and geological disasters.
On June 10, severe precipitation weather broke out in Shalan town of Ning¨an city, Heilongjiang province and its vicinity region. It induced mountain torrent which caused a death toll of 117 persons in Shalan town, of which 105 were students in the Central Elementary School of the town.
The situation after the waterlogging in the Central Elementary School in Shalan Town, Heilongjiang Province.
(4) Local severe convection weather, such as gale, hail, tornado and lightning strike, happened frequently
In 2005, gale and hail disasters happened frequently and distributed widely. There were 27 provinces encountered varying degrees of severe convection weather such as gale, hail, tornado, and lightning strike etc.
The hail hit Sichuan Province on April 19th
(5) Extreme autumn floods occurred in Weihe River and Hanjiang River valleys
From the last ten days of September to the first ten days of October, continuous and large-scale precipitation occurred in southeastern Northwest China, Yellow River and Huaihe River valleys, causing severe floods in Weihe River since 1981 and in Hanjiang River since 1983. Parts of Shaanxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Gansu provinces suffered severe flood disaster.
(6) Part of the southern regions encountered severe low temperature damage at the beginning of 2005
From the last ten days of December in 2004 to the end of February in 2005, low-temperature, overcast and rainy and snowy weather lasted in Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Chongqing provinces, and in part of them occurred such disastrous weather as freezing, glazed frost, and snowstorm etc.
The low temperature and frozen disasters happened in Hunan Province
(7) In summer high temperature lasted long and ＾autumn tiger￣ had a great impact
In 2005 the summer average temperature over China was the highest since 1951. In this summer there were more high temperature days and the heat wave lasted longer in the middle and east regions, and the maximum temperature reached the highest value since 1951 in part of Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, and Inner Mongolia. In the south of North China, along the middle and lower reachs of Yangtse River and in most of its southward areas, and in the west of Inner Mongolia and east of Xinjiang, the summer high temperature days were commonly 20 to 40 days, 5-15 days more than normal year.
In the middle ten days of September clear and high-temperature weather lasted in the South of Yangtze River, South China, east of Sichuan and part of Chongqing, which was typical ＾autumn tiger￣ weather. The daily maximum temperature was commonly 35 to 37≧, and exceeded 38≧ in some areas. The average maximum temperature in the middle ten days of September was the highest since 1951 in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Guangdong, Sichuan, and Chongqing .
(8)Severe drought lasted from autumn to spring in the south of South China, and from summer to autumn in the northeast of Northwest China and Inner Mongolia.
(9) Sandstorm weather in this spring was the least in recent 50 years
In Spring of 2005, China occurred 9 sandstorm weather processes altogether, obviously less than 15 times of last year, and also less than the average of 12.8 times from the Spring of 2000 to 2005. The spring averaged sandstorm days over China was the least in recent 50 years.
(10) Yantai and Weihai in Shandong Province were hit by snowstorm on December
Yantai and Weihai, two cities in Shandong province, had been hit by 3 severe snowfalls continuously since December 3. The total snowfall from December 3 to 21 was 80.3 millimeters in Yantai and 88.5 millimeters in Weihai, which both were the maximum since the foundation of the two meteorological stations (in 1951 for Yantai and 1959 for Weihai; the former maximum was 46.7 millimeters for Yantai and 32.7 millimeters for Weihai).
The snow calamity led to the traffic jam and the direct economic losses were beyond 500 million RMB.
Translated by Wang Fang
Reviewed by Dai Yanping, Yang Fang
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