Shanghai's climate and area Climate
Shanghai is a northern subtropical monsoon climate, four distinct seasons, sufficient sunshine, abundant rainfall. Shanghai climate mild and humid, extreme maximum temperature of 40.2 ℃, extreme minimum temperature of -12.1 ℃. Spring city short, summer and winter long. 2006 average temperature of 18.4 ℃, sunshine 1638.2 hours, precipitation 1042.6 millimeters. About 70% of annual rainfall concentrated in the flood season from May to September.
Area
In 1949, Shanghai's total land area of only 636 square kilometers. In 1958, Jiangsu Province, Jiading, Baoshan, Shanghai, Songjiang, Jinshan, Chuansha, Nanhui, Fengxian, Qingpu and Chongming 10 counties classified as Shanghai, have made the city's jurisdiction extends to 5910 square kilometers, almost 1949 10 times.
The end of 2006, Shanghai, the city's land area of 6340.5 square kilometers, accounting for 0.06% of the total area from north to south about 120 kilometers from east to west width of 100 kilometers. Presiding over the territory of Chongming, Changxing, Hengsha three islands, including Chongming Island, an area of 1041.21 square kilometers, is China's third largest island.