China Snowfall Totals

February 1, 2008 12:11 PM

I'm having hard time finding detailed information about the extent of the problems China is currently experiencing with its snowstorms. Can anyone point me to a source where I can get snowfall totals for specific areas? Thanks.
posted by DanSachs to Science & Nature (5 answers total)

I don't have a source for you .. but I would fire up the google translator and search on google.cn for "weather thislocation"
posted by Ryaske at 1:56 PM on February 1, 2008

Best answer: Here is some information in English. I imagine that if you can read Chinese, the native version of this site would have what you need.
posted by desjardins at 3:32 PM on February 1, 2008

This site seems to have the data - somewhere. Beijing Climate Center.
posted by desjardins at 3:39 PM on February 1, 2008

I poked around on the National Meteorological Centre for some data.

Is this useful, maybe?
128 Million Square Kilometers Were Covered By Snow At [sic] China
posted by gemmy at 3:41 PM on February 1, 2008

Response by poster: Thanks everyone; it looks like the maximum snowfall in the affected area was 20 inches (50 cm) in a wide-spread area that doesn't usually get any.
posted by DanSachs at 3:44 PM on February 2, 2008