●四川省松潘縣內的黃龍風景區。 作者供圖
中國南北氣候迥異。大家是否知道，中國什麼地方降雪最多？又有哪個省份從未見過下雪呢？中國山區和高原的年降雪日數較多，低地和平原較少；北部地區較多，南部較少。 氣象數據顯示，中國降雪最多的地方，是一個南方小城——四川松潘。
As the climate in southern and northern China differs greatly, do you know where is the snowiest place in China? And which province has never seen snow ever? In China, the number of annual snowfall days is higher in mountainous and plateau regions, while it is lower in lowlands and plains; it is also greater in the northern regions than in the southern ones. Meteorological data shows that a southern city named Songpan in Sichuan Province, is the snowiest place in China.
一年降雪182天的南方城市
A southern city once snowed for 182 days a year
四川松潘站是中國錄得降雪最多的氣象站。其位處青藏高原之上，地高天寒，平均每年要下雪162.9天，最多一年還曾下了182天，等於全年有一半時間在下雪。排行第二的是吉林長白山天池氣象站，這裏平均每年下雪144.5天，最多的一年達到176天。
The meteorological station in Songpan records the most snowfall in China. It is located on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, where it is extremely cold because of high elevation.
The station records an average of 162.9 days of snowfall per year and up to 182 days in one year, which means it snowed for half of the year. The meteorological station in Changbaishan Tianchi, Jilin Province, is in second place. Its record of annual snowfall days is 144.5 days and once reached 176 days in one year.
哪裏是「無雪區」？
Which parts of China have no snowfall?
華南部分地區，以及雲南南部，例如福建廈門、廣東梅州、廣西梧州、雲南元江以南地區，基本上就看不到雪了。當然，這是正常年份的情況。如果遇到特強寒潮，「無雪區」也有可能降雪的。例如廣西首府南寧和廣東省會廣州，都有落雪紀錄。
There is rarely snowfall in parts of southern China and southern Yunnan all year round, including Xiamen in Fujian, Meizhou in Guangdong, Wuzhou in Guangxi, Yuanjiang in Yunnan and areas further south. Of course, this is the case in normal years. Exceptionally strong cold waves might also bring snowfall to the above areas. For example, Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, both have records of snowfall.
自上世紀五十年代初、中國有正式氣象紀錄以來，沒有降雪紀錄的地方，只有緯度更低、地處熱帶北緣的海南。
Since the early 1950s, when official meteorological records began in China, the only province that has no snowfall record is Hainan, which is at a much lower latitude and on the northern edge of the tropics.
但在歷史上，海南其實是有過降雪的。16世紀至19世紀，地球曾出現氣候相對寒冷的「小冰期」。根據史籍記載，在明朝萬曆、清朝康熙和光緒年間，海南的瓊山便出現過降雪。
However, in history, Hainan has experienced snow. From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the Earth experienced a relatively cold period known as the "Little Ice Age."
According to historical records, there was snowfall recorded in Hainan's Qiongshan, during the reigns of Wanli Emperor in the Ming Dynasty (1572-1620), Kangxi Emperor (1661-1722) and Guangxu Emperor (1875-1908) in the Qing Dynasty.
●作者：郭立新
簡介：當代中國 （Our China Story）中英雙語網站，以全新視角介紹今日中國的發展和現況，掃描QR Code瀏覽更多豐富資訊。https://www.ourchinastory.com/en/home