BEIJING: Beijing topped 40 degrees Celsius on Saturday (Jun 24) for a record third day as the Chinese capital sweltered in extreme heat, while uncommonly high temperatures for June grilled an area the size of California in northern China. At 1.51pm, the temperature measured by Beijing's benchmark weat
BEIJING: Beijing topped 40 degrees Celsius on Saturday for a record third day as the Chinese capital sweltered in extreme heat, while uncommonly high temperatures for June grilled an area the size of California in northern China.
Until Saturday, the city of nearly 22 million people had never logged three straight days above 40C since setting up the southern observatory in 1951. The heatwaves, the second round in about 10 days, were caused by warm air masses associated with high pressure ridges in the atmosphere. The effect was amplified by thin cloud cover and long daylight hours around the summer solstice, according to Chinese meteorologists.
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