China's northernmost city Mohe in Heilongjiang province welcomed the first snow of the coming winter on Sunday,
about 25 days earlier than last year, said the local observatory."Affected by cold air, a strong northwesterly wind hit the city on Sunday and the temperature dropped by 8 C," said Yu Jiayi, a forecaster at the observatory.
"The lowest temperature over the following two days will be around-3 C and it is expected to increase slightly on Thursday."
The region, regarded as the coldest in China, usually sees winters lasting eight months. Its record low is-52.3 C.
While mountains around the city are enjoying colorful autumn leaves, the falling snow has turned the whole city into a white fairyland.
Comment: Snowfall was also recently recorded at the Chinese/ Pakistan border on September 11th: