2004年的极端天气和气候事件及其他相关事件的概要回顾

Some Extreme Events of Weather, Climate and Related Phenomena in 2004

韩国3月暴雪, 德国7月飞雪, 我国华南近 50 年最严重的秋冬连旱、东北百年一遇的春旱, 加勒比海地区连续异常猛烈的飓风, 欧洲夏季高温, 东太平洋上出现一次弱El Ni no现象。2004 年仍是气象灾害频繁发生的一年, 创历史记录的极端天气继续出现。

In 2004, there occurred many extreme weather and climate events, for example, heavy snow in March in Korea, prolonged severe drought through summer, autumn and winter three seasons in southern China, the severest spring drought during past one hundred years in northeastern region of China, strong hurricanes in Caribbean area, snowfall in July in Germany, hot summer over European continent, and a weak El Nio phenomenon in east Pacific. Meteorological disasters were still frequent in 2004 and record-breaking extreme weather keeps on happening worldwide.