40.6 C makes it another record day for Shanghai
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Shanghai equaled its hottest day record yesterday when the mercury climbed to 40.6 degrees Celsius at the city's benchmark observatory, although it was higher in some parts of the city.
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Pedestrians walk under the scorching sunshine yesterday when the city's benchmark observatory in Xujiahui recorded the highest temperature of the day at 40. |
The temperature at a weather observatory in central Pudong New Area hit 41.6 degrees at 1:27pm and areas in Jiading District also experienced highs above 41 degrees at that time.
The 40.6 degrees reading at the city's benchmark Xujiahui observatory, also noted on July 26, was the highest official temperature since 1873. The previous hottest day at the observatory was 40.2 degrees on July 12, 1934.
Yesterday's official peak came at 1:40pm, making it the second day this summer when the mercury topped 40 degrees and the sixth since the Xujiahui observatory began keeping records.
The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau issued its fourth red high-temperature alert of the summer, the highest in a three-level system, at 10am yesterday.
The coolest place in the city was in coastal Lingang New City in Pudong where the maximum temperature was 35 degrees.
Today will be another hot day with temperatures again reaching 40 degrees, and forecasters say the heat will continue for another four days at least, with the mercury rising to between 37 and 39 degrees.
Sunday may bring a little relief with a subtropical high moving north, the weather bureau said.
"The city's extreme heat was caused by three factors: sinking air, southwest wind and dry conditions with no rain," said Fu Yi, a chief service officer at the bureau.
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