BEIJING: China had gone through its hottest summer since 1961 when it started to keep complete meteorological records.
The country’s average temperature from June 1 to Aug. 31 was 22.3 degrees Celsius, 1.1 degrees Celsius higher than that in the same period of regular years and the highest since 1961, according to the National Climate Center. A total of 17 provincial-level regions, including central China’s Hunan Province and southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, registered a record-hot summer, the center said. The average days with the highest temperature reaching or exceeding 35 degrees Celsius on the day in China reached 14.3 days, a record high since 1961 and 6.3 days more than that in the same period of regular years. –Agencies
