More low temperature records tumbled across China on Thursday, as the country endures a persistent cold snap that has crowned a year of extreme weather.
The national weather office said in a social media post that more than 20 stations posted all-time December lows in the early hours of Thursday.The Phys.org has the story.
They included Hohhot, capital of the northern Inner Mongolia region, where a reading of -29.1 degrees Celsius (-20.4 Fahrenheit) broke a nearly 70-year record.
Authorities have issued an alert for low temperatures across a vast area of northern, eastern and southeastern China.
The brutal cold follows a summer of record-smashing heat and devastating floods across the country’s north.
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More low temperature records tumbled across China on Thursday, as the country endures a persistent cold snap that has crowned a year of extreme weather.
The national weather office said in a social media post that more than 20 stations posted all-time December lows in the early hours of Thursday morning.
They included Hohhot, the capital of the northern Inner Mongolia region, where a reading of -29.1 degrees Celsius (-20.4 Fahrenheit) broke a nearly 70-year record.
Authorities have issued an alert for low temperatures across a vast area of northern, eastern and southeastern China.
The brutal cold follows a summer of record-smashing heat and devastating floods across the country’s north.
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