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Shanghai Daily tells us that earlier this morning, snow sprinkled Shanghai for the first time this winter... just days later than they thought it would. We must've missed it, since by the time we woke up and got out in the street, there was nothing for us but damp sidewalks and dreary clouds. Alas - if anyone took pictures, we'd love to see 'em. But with Shanghai's first snow comes news that the cold front should be passing - temperatures will be rising to 9C and hover at around 10C for the weekend. Yippee.

It looks like our unseasonably beautiful October was the weather gods' way of offering us a bit of kindness before smacking us down with cold (ice cold) fists of fury. According to weather experts, Shanghai may now be heading into its earliest winter this decade. Usually, winter arrives in early or mid-December, but if this cold front continues, the daily average temperature would not have exceeded 10C since Friday and winter will officially be declared tomorrow - just in time for the first predicted snow of the season! So bundle up, especially since it seems these low temps will stay with us until the weekend.

Shanghaiist has spent the past few days bundled up inside to avoid the front that has chilled our city virtually overnight. Good news, though: temperatures are supposed to rise to 20 degrees Celsius tomorrow, and should be even warmer by the weekend. It'll be as if this cold spell never really happened, right?

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.

With all the talk of National Day, we may have completely forgotten to mention how Shanghai celebrated it. Here's a good reason - it was rainy and gross. We stayed indoors most of the time, glued to the television screen and its vision of a sunny, beautiful fall day in Beijing.

Oooh nooooooo. You thought yesterday and today were hot? Looks like this crappy, terrible, face melting weather is going to stay with us for another five days. The Shanghai Meterological Bureau said that we could expect the same heat, thunder and rain through the weekend and into Monday of next week. Ugh. Well, there's not much we can do except take cold showers, remember to keep hydrated, stay indoors as much as possible and hope that the Shanghai Meterological Bureau is as on point this time as it was about Typhoon Morakot's imminent arrival. Source: Shanghai Daily

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So how about that rain, huh? At around 1pm today, the heavens above Shanghai suddenly opened up and poured its heart out, not stopping in intensity for the next two hours. It seems to have slowed to a drizzle now (thankfully), but not before creating a brand new river for the city… right in the heart of the French Concession.

• Ugh, you thought shanghai weather was hot already? Apparently its supposed to have entered the hottest part of summer just yesterday. Also, there will be thunderstorms. Fun. [Shanghai Daily]
• Paul French decries the destruction of old buildings in Hongkou thanks to the World Expo. Sigh, not everybody can have the semi-fabulous fate of Taikang Lu and Xintiandi we guess. [China Rhyming]
• On the upside, 13 of the city's parks are going to be upgraded this year (most likely for the same reason old buildings are being destroyed). On the list are Changfeng Park, Shanghai Botanical Garden and Shanghai Zoo. [Shanghai Daily]

According to AccuWeather.com, it looks like we're headed for a Day After Tomorrow scenario.

Shanghai could be looking forward to the earliest Spring in 136 years, if current weather predictions prove to be true. Tomorrow is supposed to reach an astonishingly nice 23 degrees Celsius - that's almost t-shirt weather! That temperature will carry into Friday, though showers should lower it back down to the teens by Saturday. Still, we're all looking forward to breaking out the shorts and sandals as soon as possible. Source: Zaobao Zaobao!