Cold wave Guangzhou snow plus graupel local old people see for a long time

Original title: it snowed when the super cold wave went south to Guangzhou.

The white-haired old man in Guangzhou has never seen snow (photo source: Guangzhou Daily)

Under the influence of the strong cold wave, there are also snowflakes in Guangzhou.

According to a report in Guangzhou Daily on January 24, graupel was sprinkled for a period of time in Guangzhou last night and this morning, and by noon, these ice grains of all sizes were mingled with snowflakes. At about 12:00, the Guangzhou Meteorological Bureau released information that confirmed that there was snow in Guangzhou!

According to the photos sent by netizens and the chief appraisal, there are indeed snowflakes in Guangzhou, according to the official Weibo @ Guangzhou Weather of the Guangzhou Meteorological Bureau.

Guangzhou Daily reporter picked up hexagonal snowflakes with umbrellas on Renmin Middle Road. Photo Source: Guangzhou Daily

Today, on the streets of Guangzhou, young and old, as long as they see snowflakes, the first reaction of citizens is to take out their mobile phones to take pictures. Photo Source: Guangzhou Daily

Today, on the streets of Guangzhou, young and old, as long as they see snowflakes, the first reaction of citizens is to take out their mobile phones to take pictures. Photo Source: Guangzhou Daily

Today, on the streets of Guangzhou, young and old, as long as they see snowflakes, the first reaction of citizens is to take out their mobile phones to take pictures. Photo Source: Guangzhou Daily

Apart from Guangzhou, there has been a rare snowfall in Guangdong Province in the past two days.

Sanshui was the first to see sleet in Foshan at 11:20 on the 24th, and then it is expected to expand to the whole city in the afternoon, Guangzhou Daily reported. The meteorological department issued a cold red alert, the first time it has snowed since weather records began in Foshan in 1957. The lowest temperature today is 0.3 ℃.

In Lechang Yunyan, Shaoguan, Guangdong, at an altitude of about 800, the fields and trees here were covered with snow last night.

In the early morning of the 24th, there was also a rare snowfall in downtown Meizhou. More than 20 kilometers away from the urban area, the highest temple in Meizhou, "Gaojian Guanyin", appears freezing and other phenomena.

Heavy snow presses green pine (photo source: southern newspaper client "Nanfang +")

Has there been "snow" in the history of Guangzhou? According to @ Guangzhou Weather, according to meteorological historical records, there was a snowfall in Guangzhou on December 29, 1967. Conghua and Huadu recorded sleet weather. In addition, ice particles appeared twice, namely Huadu on January 30, 1971, and Conghua on January 22, 1983.

The weather forecast for Guangdong said that the lowest temperature during the cold wave will occur on the morning of the 25th and 26th, with a wide range of low temperature, freezing or frost weather. (author: Xie Yujuan)