When is the rainy season?

Meiyu season refers to the climate phenomenon of continuous cloudy and rainy weather in June and July every year. Since it is the maturity period of Jiangnan plums, it is called "Meiyu", and this period is called "Meiyu". The rainy season.

Meiyu refers to the weather and climate phenomenon that occurs in a certain area and in a certain season. Meiyu is a unique weather and climate phenomenon in East Asia. In China, it is a unique weather and climate phenomenon in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

In early summer, a long period of gloomy and rainy weather often occurs in the Jianghuai River Basin. At this time, utensils are prone to mold, so it is also called "mold rain", or "mold" for short. It is also the time when plums in the south of the Yangtze River are yellow and ripe, so it is also called "plum rain" or "yellow plum rain". After mid-June, the rain belt remains in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, which is the Meiyu period.

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There are many proverbs that use winter weather characteristics to predict plum rain. For example, "There is a lot of snow in the twelfth lunar month, and the water is yellow and plum." It means that there is a positive correlation between snow in the twelfth lunar month and plum rain. .

"Spring water spreads, summer water dries up", "spreading" means that there is more rain than normal. The proverb explains that if there is too much rain in spring, there will be less rain in summer, and drought is likely to occur. It is the same as "when all the peach blossom water is gone, there will be dry yellow plum blossoms", which uses spring rain to predict plum rain.

"If there is spring breeze, there will be summer rain." Spring breeze refers to the easterly wind, and summer rain refers to plum rain. The proverb means that in years with more easterly winds in spring, there will generally be more plum rains in summer.