China Weather Network News Entering June, the annual college entrance examination that attracts national attention is coming again.
The "exams" are similar year after year, but people are different every year. Do you still remember the weather of your college entrance examination?
Is it a scorching hot day, a pouring rain, or a pleasantly cool day?
China Weather Network takes stock of the national weather during the college entrance examination in the past 20 years, and sees where the rain is the most and where the weather is the hottest.
Let's recall together that summer, the days when we rode the wind and waves and sweated like rain.
The history of changes in the college entrance examination: from winter to summer and from July to June
In the winter of 1977, the gate of the college entrance examination, which had been closed for 11 years, was reopened.
This is an exam that changed the fate of a generation, and it is also the only winter college entrance examination in the history of New China.
In 1978, the start date of the college entrance examination was changed to July 20.
After that, starting in 1979, the college entrance examination was scheduled to be held from July 7 to 9 every year.
Since then, the bright sun, rain, and sweltering heat in July have become the memory of the college entrance examination for generations...
In 2003, a historic turning point occurred. The time of the college entrance examination was changed from July, which had been implemented for many years, to June. Since then, Chinese candidates bid farewell to the 25-year-old college entrance examination in July.
The homonym of 678 "Admit it" has given many parents and students a simple psychological comfort. Of course, this is not the real reason for the change of the college entrance examination time. The weather is an important reference factor for the national college entrance examination.
In July, many places in my country have entered the midsummer. The weather is hot and the human body feels unwell, which has an impact on candidates' examinations, teachers' marking, and parents' care for candidates.
Especially in many provinces in southern my country, floods and typhoons occurred frequently in July, which brought inconvenience to the organization of the college entrance examination.
In early June, many places in my country were in late spring and early summer, the average temperature was lower than that in July, and the probability of typhoons and floods was also smaller than that in July.
Therefore, since 2003, the college entrance examination has been changed to June 7th and 8th, and some provinces, regions and cities are June 7th to 9th or 7th to 10th, which has continued to this day.
Only in 2020, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the national college entrance examination was postponed for one month and returned to July.
Every test must rain? Big data tells you where is the big rain in the college entrance examination
Although there are fewer meteorological disasters in June than in July, some severe weather cannot be ignored.
In June, the rainfall in Jiangnan, South China and other places increased, the precipitation time was long, and thunderstorms appeared from time to time; typhoon activities also gradually increased at this time, bringing rainfall to coastal areas; High temperatures occur frequently in the eastern part of the region, North China, Jianghuai, Jiangnan, and South China.
During the college entrance examination last year, the topic "Why does it always rain" appeared on Weibo, and netizens recalled their "close contact" with the rain in the college entrance examination.
Is there really a spell that rains after the college entrance examination?
China Weather Network has counted the average precipitation during the national college entrance examination for 19 years from 2003 to 2021. It can be seen that the places with the most rain during the college entrance examination are concentrated in the south, especially in southern China. The air is transported from the sea surface, and once it encounters cold air, it will cause a wide range of violent rainfall. Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Guizhou and other places are all rainy in the college entrance examination.
On June 6 and 7, 2006, there were two consecutive heavy rainstorms in Jianou, Fujian. 80% of the city's urban areas were flooded. The deepest water was more than 2 meters, and many test sites were flooded.
On the morning of the 7th, the local government announced that the college entrance examination will be postponed from the original two days of June 7th and 8th to June 13th and 14th.
That time, it was the first time in the country that the backup college entrance examination was enabled on a large scale due to natural disasters.
At this time, the probability of rain, especially heavy rain, in the north is much lower.
However, June is the period when the Northeast Cold Vortex is active. There are many showers in the afternoon in Northeast China and North China. The rain usually comes and goes quickly, and the rainfall is mostly light to moderate rain.
China Weather Network has counted the number of rainy days during the college entrance examination in major provincial capital cities since 2003. Guangzhou, Nanning, and Chengdu tied for the championship with 38 days. The probability of rain in the college entrance examination in the three places exceeds 66%.
It is followed by Guiyang, Chongqing, Nanchang, Xining, Kunming, Fuzhou, and Haikou. The probability of encountering rain in the college entrance examination is also around 50%-60%. Candidates in these areas have the most say in the topic of "It always rains in the college entrance examination". .
The college entrance examination becomes a "baking test"? Big data tells you where the college entrance examination is the hottest
Remember the iced watermelon and mung bean soup that you often eat before exams?
Do you still remember the eager eyes of your parents under the scorching sun outside the examination room on the day of the college entrance examination?
In addition to rain, many people's memory of the college entrance examination is closely related to high temperature and heat.
China Weather Network has counted the number of high temperature days in China from June 7 to 9 from 2003 to 2021. It can be seen that the places with the most high temperatures are distributed in three areas, one is the southern Xinjiang Basin, and the other is North China and Hebei in the Huanghuai region. , Henan, Shanxi, Shandong, Anhui and other parts of the area, and the other part is the southern part of Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan and other areas.
In the past 19 years, these places have experienced high temperature for more than 10 days during the college entrance examination, and even more than 20 days locally.
In addition, in Jiangnan and most of southern China, although the number of high temperature days is not the most, due to the high humidity, the temperature in the early 30s is also unbearably hot.
From the perspective of provincial capital cities, Haikou, the southernmost provincial capital city in China, experienced the most high temperature during the college entrance examination, and the probability of encountering high temperature reached 39%.
After that, the six brothers of the North High "roast", Zhengzhou, Shijiazhuang, Jinan, Xi'an, Tianjin and Beijing.
At this time, when the traditional furnace cities have not yet reached their strength, the four southern cities of Chongqing, Changsha, Hefei, and Nanjing are ranked at the bottom of the list.
Students who took the college entrance examination in Zhengzhou in 2011 must have a fresh memory of the weather at that time.
The temperature in Zhengzhou reached 40.5°C on the first day of the college entrance examination that year, and climbed to 42.5°C the next day. It was so hot in early June, which was rare in the local area.
In that year, we fought against the high temperature and the sweltering heat, and that year we faced the wind and the rain. The college entrance examination is an extremely valuable experience for everyone who has really worked hard.
Therefore, every day of sweating like rain and riding the wind and waves is deeply remembered by us and becomes the brightest stroke in our youth.
China Weather Network wishes all the students who are about to enter the college entrance examination room, their hard work will be rewarded, and they will see the rainbow after experiencing wind and rain.
(Planning: Feng Wei Data Support: Wang Weiyue Shao Peng Design: Chen Yujie)