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TABLE-China cities face cooler start to autumn

Published: 27 Aug 2009 00:45:42 PST

BEIJING, Aug 27 - Temperatures in China's 10 major cities are expected to be slightly lower than usual in September and during the three months through November, forecasts from the China Meteorological Administration showed.

Among the 10 cities, only the financial hub of Shanghai and the industrial cities Changsha and Wuhan in central China will face slightly higher temperatures than historical averages in September or for the Sept-Nov period, the data showed.

Most Chinese cities faced much hotter weather this summer, leading to higher power consumption for air conditioning. China's power generation in July increased 4.8 percent from a year earlier, the second increase in a non-holiday month since October, as hotter weather and a reviving economy drove up demand.

Forecasts and history (degree Celsius)*:

2009 2008 2007 2006 1971-

2000 September North Beijing 19.6 to 20.9 21.0 22.4 21.8 20.0 Tianjin 20.6 to 21.9 21.5 22.1 21.3 20.9 Northeast Harbin 14.2 to 15.6 16.4 16.7 16.2 14.5 Shenyang 17.3 to 18.6 17.8 18.5 17.6 17.5 East Shanghai 23.4 to 24.6 25.7 25.2 23.9 23.7 Southeast Guangzhou 27.0 to 28.3 29.2 28.7 27.5 27.3 Fuzhou 25.5 to 26.8 27.9 26.6 25.9 25.9 Southwest Chongqing 23.0 to 24.4 25.6 24.1 24.8 23.3 Central Wuhan 23.2 to 24.4 25.1 24.9 24.0 23.4 Changsha 24.1 to 25.4 25.6 23.6 24.4 23.9 SEP 09 - NOV 09 North Beijing 12.4 to 13.8 14.0 13.9 14.9 12.6 Tianjin 13.1 to 14.8 14.2 13.6 14.7 13.4 Northeast Harbin 4.7 to 6.1 6.8 6.8 6.4 4.9 Shenyang 8.9 to 10.4 10.0 9.1 10.0 9.2 East Shanghai 18.7 to 20.1 19.9 19.8 20.6 18.4 Southeast Guangzhou 23.5 to 24.9 25.5 25.1 25.6 23.7 Fuzhou 21.6 to 23.2 23.2 22.4 23.4 21.9 Southwest Chongqing 18.2 to 19.6 19.8 19.3 20.0 18.5 Central Wuhan 17.6 to 19.0 18.9 18.9 19.7 17.5 Changsha 17.6 to 18.9 19.7 18.8 20.2 18.2 Source: China Meteorological Administration, +86 10 6840 7175. * The bureau says that climate models and data are inherently uncertain, so actual temperatures may not meet its forecasts and it will not accept responsibility for decisions based on them.

(Reporting by Eadie Chen and Chen Aizhu, Editing by Ken Wills)