What month is the rainy season in Suzhou?

The rainy season in Suzhou is from June to July. In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, there will be continuous rainy weather from mid-June to early July every year. Suzhou is just in such a climate zone, because the plums in the south of the Yangtze River turn yellow and mature at this time, so people are used to calling the weather in this period Huangmeitian.

Meiyu is a weather and climate phenomenon in a certain region and season, and it is a unique weather and climate phenomenon in East Asia. In China, Meiyu refers to a period of continuous rainy weather from mid-June to mid-July and early summer, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China refers to a narrow area from 28-34 N east of Yichang or from Jianghuai Valley to southern Japan.

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Suzhou, referred to as Gusu and Pingjiang for short, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, one of the important central cities in the Yangtze River Delta, a national high-tech industrial base and a scenic tourist city approved by the State Council. The city has jurisdiction over five municipal districts and four county-level cities, with a total area of 8657.32 square kilometers and a built-up area of 477.63 square kilometers. In 2020, the resident population12,748,300.