The weather here has not been what I expected. Before coming to Beijing, people told me it was very dry here — many said I would need daily moisturizer.
My first weekend here was extremely hot and humid, then it rained, then it was gloriously sunny, then it got hazy and hot again, and this afternoon there was a total downpour (I experienced my first thunderstorm in years — it only drizzles in Seattle).
Apparently, the government likes to induce rain through cloud seeding — I don’t know if the rain I’ve seen here has been due to seeding, but the locals say this much rain is not normal.
I just hope it stays cool. I don’t mind the rain much either, as long as I’m not biking when it happens.