Previous studies on the impacts of severe haze episode on meteorology were generally focused on single episodes. This study aimed to obtain the common features of the influence of aerosol direct radiative effects on meteorology during severe particulate pollution events by composite analyses on model results from the Weather Research and Forecasting Model with online chemistry. Five heavily polluted events (15–17 January 2014, 13–15 January 2015, 8–10 December 2015, 21–23 December 2015, and 29–31 December 2016) in the North China Plain (NCP, 35.4–41.2°N, 113.3–119.3°E) were selected, which were representative of the most frequently observed weather patterns for severe haze. Model results showed that aerosols in the five heavily polluted events led to strong negative changes in radiative flux of 52.1–86.7 W m−2, reductions in the 2‐m temperature by 0.28–0.97°C, and the reductions in planetary boundary layer heights by 23.1–58.5 m, when averaged over the areas with PM2.5 concentrations >150 μg m−3. The magnitudes of aerosol induced changes in the 2‐m temperature were found to be influenced not only by aerosol concentration but also by wind speed, wind direction, and the convergence or divergence of winds. High wind speed diluted the aerosol‐induced cooling, the convergence of wind limited the temperature change to local area, and the intrusion of cold air mass near the surface enhanced the aerosol‐induced cooling. In all the cases, aerosols induced an anti‐cyclone at 500 hPa around NCP and anomalous northerlies or northeasterlies at the surface in the eastern NCP.