Today's winter solstice, the shortest day
2021-12-21
Source: Wujiang district financial media center Author: Bao Yuqing December 21, 2021
Today (21st) is the winter solstice of the 24 solar terms. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year in all parts of the northern hemisphere. The reporter learned from the regional meteorological observatory that the temperature first rises and then falls this week, and the minimum temperature drop in the second half of the week can reach about 7 ℃.
According to the latest meteorological data, it is expected that there will be more sunny weather before the 23rd of this week, weak precipitation from the 24th to the 25th, and the weather will get better on the 26th. The temperature picked up before the 23rd, and began to drop sharply due to the influence of precipitation and cold air on the 24th. The weekly minimum temperature can reach minus 1 to minus 2 ℃, with thin ice, which appeared in the morning of the 26th. Not only will the lowest air temperature fall below the freezing point, but also the highest air temperature will hover below 10 ℃.
The District Meteorological Observatory reminded that recently, the temperature has fluctuated from high to low, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. Citizens can use the "onion" dressing method to increase or decrease clothes in time to guard against colds. In addition, the winter solstice is also a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. There is a folk saying that the winter solstice is as big as a year. In Wujiang, there are customs of drinking wine and eating turnip silk cake during the winter solstice.
