Beijing recorded the hottest June day on record on Thursday, the Chinese meteorological service said, with north China experiencing temperatures at times exceeding 40 degrees Celsius.
At the Nanjiao weather station in southern Beijing, which serves as a benchmark for temperatures in the Chinese capital, the mercury reached 41.1°C on Thursday at 3:19 p.m. local time (8:19 a.m.). Lisbon), the Meteorological Service said in a statement.
This value is half a degree higher than the station’s monthly record of 40.6°C, recorded in June 1961, and appears just after the 41.9°C recorded in July 1999.
Other weather stations around the capital recorded even higher temperatures on Thursday, such as Tanghekou in north Beijing, where it recorded 41.8C in the early afternoon, making it the hottest place in China, according to the state press.
Across the country, 17 weather stations “recorded extreme temperature records” on Thursday, according to the National Weather Center.
Scientists have pointed out that the increase in temperature in the world -generally caused by the use of fossil fuels- makes climatic conditions more extreme. Several countries in Asia have experienced deadly heat waves and record temperatures in recent weeks.
Source: TSF
