BEIJING — Shanghai saw its hottest day in May for more than 100 years on Monday (May 29) with temperatures hitting 36.1 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit), continuing a brutal trend of unusually hot weather in the country since March. Several southern Chinese provinces are expected to swelter under extreme heat over the next few days and weather experts have...
BEIJING — Shanghai saw its hottest day in May for more than 100 years on Monday with temperatures hitting 36.1 degrees Celsius , continuing a brutal trend of unusually hot weather in the country since March.
The peak recorded by the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau on Monday beat the previous May record of 35.7 degrees Celsius set in 1876, 1903, 1915 and 2018, according to bureau statistics. Temperatures in the region typically climb even higher in June, July and August. In the next three to five days, the maximum temperature in some cities in Sichuan, located in China's southwest, will reach 38 degrees Celsius, and hit 42 degrees Celsius in some areas, according to state media.
China, known for extreme weather conditions, has also been experiencing torrential rains for weeks in some regions.
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