When is the rainy season

The ground is damp during the rainy season, coupled with rising temperatures, clothing, furniture is very easy to mold, so it is also known as "moldy rain". Many people always want to take precautions before entering the rainy weather to prevent the furniture and appliances at home from getting wet. So when is the rainy season?

The time of plum rains by region

Although the plum rain is a unique weather climate in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, its appearance is not isolated, but is closely linked to the north-south displacement of a wide range of rainbands. From mid-May to early June, the main rainbands swing in the eastern part of China east of 110E in the Nanling Mountains and south of the Nanling Ridge. after mid-June, the areas south of the Nanling Ridge are already outside the rainbands and the rainy weather ends. In mid to late June, the main rain band moves north to the range of 29N-33N (i.e. from Yichang in China in the west, east through the mouth of the Yangtze River and then across the sea to Japan; from the two lake plains in China in the south to the south bank of the Huai River in the north), stable and less moving. Starting from mid-June, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China bid farewell to the windy and sunny early summer and ushered in a rainy season with heavy and torrential rains appearing from time to time and lasting until early July, which is the famous plum rainy season in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

What is Plum Rain

A popular proverb in the south of China is "The rain hits the head of the yellow plum, and there is no daylight for 45 days", which is the main feature of the rainy season. So what is the plum rainy season? Every year in early summer when the rain band stay time is called "plum rainy season", the day of the beginning of the plum rainy season is called "into the plum", the end of the day is called "out of the plum". The plum rainy season items easily moldy so called "moldy rain", the plum rainy period is the plum yellow ripe time, so the plum rainy called "yellow plum rain". When the rainy season, there will often be a long period of gloomy and rainy weather, the air will be filled with fine and continuous broken rain.

Formation of plum rains

Every year, from late May to early June, cold air from the north and warm air from the south converge in southern China, forming a quasi-stationary peak in southern China. Since the warm air from the south carries a lot of water vapor, when it meets the foot cold air mass, it generates a lot of convective activity. Since the cold and warm air forces are equal during this period, the front stays in the Jianghuai area, forming a continuous rainy weather.

Areas where plum rains occur

Plum rains mainly occur in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China and in Taiwan, Liaodong Peninsula, the southernmost part of the Korean Peninsula, and the south-central part of Japan in the subtropical monsoon climate zone. Other regions of the world at the same latitude do not have plum rains. There are no significant plum rains in southern China either.

Precautions for the rainy season

Pay attention to moisture prevention

According to relevant data, rheumatism is significantly more common in southern areas where rains are rampant than in northern areas where the climate is dry. So in order to prevent dampness from entering the home, the rainy season should have a dehumidifier, the corners of the walls can be sprinkled with lime, the decoration of the floor when laying a good damp-proof film, and try not to stay in a damp place.

Pay attention to diet

Eat more food to strengthen the spleen and dampness, lentils, barley, winter melon these foods have the effect of strengthening the spleen and dampness, in the rainy season should eat more. Eat less foods that reside in dampness or cold, such as cold drinks, habits, pears, etc.

Pay attention to living

Reasonable arrangement of exercise, strengthen physical exercise, enhance immunity. Reasonable arrangement of work and rest time, do not stay up late.