If the cool temperatures stick around for just a few more days, we may see the earliest fall in Shanghai since 1986! The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau follows the same guidelines for declaring seasons as they do in Spring - "autumn is announced by the bureau when the 24-hour average temperature drops below 22 degrees for five consecutive days." We've been sitting around 21 degrees so far this week, but averages are expected to rise over the next few days and will probably postpone the announcement. While the average autumn start date over the last 30 years was September 27, many of us living in the city the past few years have appreciated much later autumns. But from last Friday to Monday, the city saw a drop of 10 degrees C! more ›

Did you really enjoy yesterday's weather? Wasn't the 21C in bright sunshine just so dreamy? Well we're cold snapping out of it. Apparently, on Saturday morning, temperatures are plummeting to 1 degree with drizzle - the perfect way to welcome in the Year of the Tiger, we suppose. more ›

Brrr, did it get chilly over here or what? While Saturday's Halloween night was still unseasonably warm, it seems like someone flipped a switch on November 1, causing the city's temperature to drop a good 10 degrees. Today, it dropped another six, with temperatures hovering between 8 and 12 degrees Celsius. But no need to get out your thick winter coats yet - according to Weather.com, this cold snap will only be staying with us until Wednesday, when temperatures will return to a much more reasonable high teens. more ›