China Winter Wheat

Roller Coaster Temperatures

Temperature Maps

March 1 - 31, 2009

 

 

Temperatures in February and March were normal to above normal in most winter wheat growing areas. Daily maximums reached as high as 30 degrees C. on the North China Plain in mid-March and rarely dropped below freezing. The warm weather, combined with above normal rainfall after February 7, created favorable growing conditions in most areas for the winter wheat crop as it came out of dormancy.

A strong cold front on brought sharply cooler temperatures at the end of March, causing minor freeze damage in western and northern winter wheat crop areas. Temperatures began rising again in April.

 

 

 

 

Mar 1 - 10 Normal temperatures in the north, cool and wet in south China. Favorably dry in Yangtze

 

Mar 11 - 20 Temperatures rise, favorable showers in northern areas.

 

Mar 21 - 31 Normal temperatures return, widespread rainfall.