• Highest temperature ever recorded was 99F(1944).
• In May, the average high is 66F and the average low is 45F.
• In August, the average high is 77F and the average low is 56F. 

Beijing felt very good after Potsdam. Air quality here is not so good, and apparently there are dust storms in the spring. We got pretty sweaty when we climbed the Great Wall... It was hot enough for the boys to take their shirts off. There was air conditioning just about everywhere we went, though, so it wasn't too bad. Apparently it will be hotter when we go back... that should be interesting. 

• In May, the average high is 79F and the average low is 55F. 
• In August, the average high is 85F and the average low is 68F. 
• August is the rainiest month with 7.2 inches of rain on average. May gets only 1.1 inches.

Qingdao started off cool and has warmed consistently since we've been here. At the beginning, there was almost always haze and/or fog (my research! Whee!), but it's been much clearer as we are nearing the end of our time here. We've had a pretty dry summer, with only one day of heavy downpour and maybe a few nights, but we hear that last summer was pretty rainy. Sunday is usually drizzly too. One issue you'll probably run into is drying your clothes. 

Dryers in China are hard to come by (the hotel got one, it only takes 4 hours to dry your clothes... we have yet to wait and see if it actually works). We hung our clothes all summer... but beware, you might not be able to hang them just anywhere, and it might be too humid for them to dry and they'll get gross. Because laundry sucks, you'll probably want to bring lightweight clothes that dry easily (unless you plan to take after Kevin and never wash your clothes). It's warm enough most of the time that you'll be fine in shorts anyway. Be sure to bring at least one pair, or you will have to buy some (like Kevin did). Air conditioning is hit or miss. Only the nicer restaurants (ones that are a far walk, except the hotel) have it, and only some offices do (mine doesn't, and there are 16 students and computers in it... but we did get fans mounted on the walls in the middle of the summer). Expect to be stuck in places without it on brutally hot days from time to time. It's a coastal city, so it's often nice and sticky. But overall, the weather in Qingdao is delicious. 

• In June, the average high is 73F and the average low is 63F. 
• In July, the average high is 80F and the average low is 71F. 
• July is the rainiest month with 7.0 inches of rain (we got nowhere near this much). June has 3.3 inches of rain on average. 

Shanghai = heat death. We got there late at night and almost had heat exhaustion within mere hours. There is no way to describe to you how hot Shanghai was. Our hotel rooms were air conditioned, but we dreaded opening the door to the hall because it felt like an oven. But, it was record-setting heat... upper 90s the whole time we were there. I refused to wear anything with sleeves and was extremely jealous that the boys didn't have to wear shirts. One nice thing was the sky was gorgeous.

• In July, the average high is 88F and the average low is 76F. 
• The average rainfall in July is 5.1 inches.

The Qingdao girls took a weekend trip to Dalian in the middle of June. It was noticeably cooler up there, even though it's really not that far away at all. I was sad I didn't bring pants. It was drizzly while we were there too. But really not that bad at all.