[Explanation] On December 31st, Wang Zhihua, spokesperson of the Emergency Disaster Reduction and Public Service Department of China Meteorological Administration, introduced at the press conference that it is expected that during the New Year’s Day holiday (January 1-3, 2021), the cold air will be weak, but on New Year’s Day. Affected by the remnants of the previous cold wave, the temperature was still significantly lower than normal.

  [Concurrent] Wang Zhihua, Spokesperson of the Department of Emergency Mitigation and Public Service, China Meteorological Administration

  Most of the country is dominated by sunny to cloudy weather, and the wind is not strong, and the temperature in the central and eastern regions is gradually rising.

However, the temperature on New Year's Day was still significantly lower than usual due to the residual impact of the previous cold wave.

During the New Year's Day, there was no large-scale continuous severe fog or haze across the country. Only some areas in southern North China, Huanghuai, Fenwei Plain and other places had mild haze.

From the perspective of climate forecasts, the temperature in most parts of the country in January 2021 will be lower than normal, and the precipitation in most parts of the country will be close to normal to less than normal.

  [Explanation] In December, the Central Meteorological Observatory issued the highest-level orange cold wave warning.

There are comments on the Internet that New Year's Day 2021 may be the coldest New Year's Day in the past 9 years, or even the coldest in the past 16 years. Wei Li, deputy director of the Central Meteorological Observatory, responded to this.

  [Concurrent] Wei Li, Deputy Director of the Central Meteorological Observatory

  During the New Year’s Day of 2021, the impact of cold air is generally weak, mainly affecting Northeast and northern North China. Except for light snow or light to moderate snow in northern Xinjiang, most areas of the country are mainly sunny or sunny and cloudy. There will be no large-scale rain and snow; the weather in the central and eastern regions will gradually pick up after the impact of the cold wave, and there will be no extreme cold conditions, and there will be no large-scale fog and haze.

Generally speaking, the weather conditions on New Year's Day in 2021 are still conducive to outdoor activities.

The temperature in most parts of central and eastern my country has recovered, but the rate of recovery is relatively slow.

The overall temperature is still lower than normal (the same period), so everyone should pay attention to cold and warm.

  [Explanation] After New Year's Day, will there be strong cold waves that continue to hit?

Wei Li said that the cold air will be active again after New Year's Day, but there will be no extreme cold conditions on a large scale.

  [Concurrent] Wei Li, Deputy Director of the Central Meteorological Observatory

  From January 4 to 7, 2021, there will be cold air affecting our country, but the intensity will not reach the cold wave standard.

In addition, from the late period of early January to the early period of mid-January, there will be additional cold air affecting our country.

Therefore, the trend of low overall temperature will continue, but the possibility of large-scale extreme weather is relatively small.

However, the duration of low temperature in North China and Northeast China will be relatively long, and there will be a certain degree of extremeness, but there will be no large-scale extreme cold conditions.

  Wang Shibo Report from Beijing

Editor in charge: [Li Ji]