Say goodbye to freezing weather ... for now

Tired of the frost-bitten weather? Well, relief is on the way.

Temperatures in the city will start rising as the current freezing weather conditions begin to abate from Tuesday, forecasters said.

Downtown Xujiahui area only detected 0.5 degrees Celsius on Monday morning while Chongming Island recorded a low of minus 5.9 degrees, making it the coldest day this winter, according to the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau.

But from Tuesday, there will be relief from the freezing weather. It will be sunny for the rest of the week.

The mercury will fluctuate between 2 to 10 degrees on Tuesday. The low will rise to 4 degrees and the high to 12 degrees in the following days. Over the weekend, the temperatures will rise further to 6 and 14 degrees. 

From Wednesday to Friday, there may be light PM 2.5 pollution, along with haze, the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center has warned.