The reporter learned at today's China Meteorological Administration press conference that in September 2026, a super strong El Niño event formed in the equatorial central and eastern Pacific. In October, it has developed into the strongest El Niño event in the history of monitoring records. It is expected to reach its peak in late autumn and early winter, which will have a significant impact on my country's climate this winter and next spring.

It is expected that in the winter of 2026/2027, the national temperature will be generally high, but the frequency of cold waves will be slightly more frequent, and the temperature will fluctuate greatly. The risk of strong cooling and snowfall in the north and periodic low-temperature rain, snow and freezing in the south will be prominent. Except for the low temperatures in northeastern Inner Mongolia and the western part of Northeastern China, the temperatures in most other parts of the country range from close to normal to higher than normal for the same period of the year. They are characterized by a cold winter in the first and a warm winter in the second. Periodic strong cooling and strong warming events are frequent in December and January. There is generally more precipitation across the country, with heavy snowfalls occurring frequently in most areas in the north, and significantly more precipitation in the south. Among them, there are periods of low-temperature rain, snow, and freezing weather in eastern and southern China, central and southern China, northern South China, and eastern southwest China.

(CCTV reporter Wu Wei)