The tourists visit a local fair for the upcoming Lunar New Year in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu province, Feb 5, 2024. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - Most regions in China will experience increasingly warmer weather and sunny days during the upcoming Spring Festival, according to the latest weather forecast.

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In a press conference held in Beijing on Wednesday, the China Meteorological Center (CMC) forecast that most parts of the country will first experience higher temperatures before it drops again during the festival that lasts from Feb 10 to 17. No large-scale rains, snows and icy conditions, lingering fog or smog were forecast for the period.

Most regions in the country will experience sunny weather along with higher temperatures in the first few days of the holiday. 

Zhang Hengde, Deputy head of CMC

"Most regions in the country will experience sunny weather along with higher temperatures in the first few days of the holiday," said Zhang Hengde, deputy head of CMC, adding that some northern regions will experience windy weather starting from Friday through to Sunday.

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In the latter half of the holiday, strong cold fronts are expected along with dropping temperatures in central and eastern regions from Feb 14 to 17. Snow is expected to fall in north and northeast China along with drops in temperatures by up to 12 degrees Celsius in some regions such as Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang, Zhang said.

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In a separate forecast for sandstorms in the spring season, Zhang said that China's northern regions are expected to experience sandy conditions for 4 to 6 days on average, a decrease from an average of 6.3 days in normal years.