It's going to be colder than an Eskimo witch's mammary the next few days, so hopefully everybody's got their thermal underwear for the chill of the next few days. The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau stated this morning that low temperature forecasts will drop by 7 to 9 degrees in the next 48 hours, with winds expected to reach up to 61 km/h. more ›

All that snow explained! Shanghai Daily has just confirmed that this past month was indeed the coldest January we've experienced in 30 years. more ›

Remember how we went to Orange Alert a little while ago? The insanely high temperatures of the last couple of days have shocked Shanghai authorities into changing the color... to red! That's hardly any comfort to anyone walking outside right now, and I'm not really sure what the colors do besides tell us what we already know... but anyway, look forward to rain (but just a teeny drop in temperature tomorrow, and slightly more reasonable temperatures on Monday in time for the Qixi Festival. more ›

As if the 38C all-around Shanghai temperature mark wasn't high enough, apparently it's actually much, much hotter than that. Thanks to the heat island effect of all that concrete, temperatures at areas like the Bund (or heck, probably right outside your apartment) are really registering at around 45C (113F!!)! So for those of you unfortunate enough to walk around in areas with little shade this week, remember to always bring water with you and watch out for heatstroke. more ›

Not that you needed a color code to tell you it was damn hot outside, but the Shanghai Meterological office has now officially issued an Orange Alert on the weather, which is at a warm 30C now but is expected to rise, yet again to a highly uncomfortable 38C during the day. The last time temperatures reached Code Orange level was actually at the beginning of last month. Need ideas on how to keep cool (besides cranking the AC), check out this link. more ›

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? more ›

It's that time of the year again — temperatures are creeping up, and we spotted our first shirtless market stall holder at the weekend; summer is just around the corner. more ›