Yunnan Weather
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Yunnan lies on a plateau of low latitude, and has unique topographic features. As Yunnan is affected by the atmospheric circulation, it's controlled by dry monsoon in winter while oceanic monsoon prevails in summer, which makes give it a low latitude mountain monsoon climate. Yunnan has a diverse climate, embracing north-tropical, south-subtropical central-subtropical, south-temperate, central-temperate zones and highland climate in one province. The main climatic characteristics are that: the temperature increases progressively from the north to the south, with an range of 19℃ and the average temperature varies between 5－24℃. Second, annual temperature changes little while daytime temperature changes sharply. The average temperature of the hottest days is between 19－22℃ and the coldest days is between 6－8℃. Annual temperature changes from 10－15℃, and it may be lower on rainy days. The difference between the highest and lowest temperatures within a day may reach 12－20℃, especially in winter and spring, you may feel cool in the morning and hot at noon. Third, it has abundant but unevenly distributed rainfall and the wet and dry seasons are clear. The precipitation in most parts of the province is 1,100 mm. The rainfall in the wet season of June to August accounts for 60% of the annual precipitation. The rainfall in the dry season of November to April only accounts for 10% to 20% of the annual precipitation of even less.
