As early heat waves centered on northeastern China approach, the highest daytime temperature in Beijing recorded 30 degrees for the earliest time in 66 years, Global Times, a Chinese state-run English media outlet, reported on the 24th.
According to the China Meteorological Administration and others, the metropolitan area of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province recently experienced daytime high temperatures ranging from 28 to 30 degrees Celsius over the past weekend.
In particular, in the Haidian District of Beijing, temperatures soared to 30 degrees around 3:16 p.m. on the 22nd. It is the first time since 1959 that the highest daytime temperature in March in Beijing reached 30 degrees.
At the Nanjiao Observatory in Daxing District, Beijing, the temperature reached 28.9 degrees on the 22nd, setting a new record for the highest temperature ever recorded at the end of March. The previous record was 28.8 degrees, recorded on March 31, 2002.
Ma Jun, director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), noted that unusually warm weather in northern China has led to the large-scale appearance of insects and reptiles commonly seen in summer, such as locusts and agamid lizards, in the southwestern mountainous areas of Beijing.
In addition to Beijing and the metropolitan area, most of China is experiencing early and prolonged heat due to the influence of warm high pressure.
The meteorological agency forecast that record high temperatures will continue in the northern regions until the 25th, while the southern regions will experience intense heat on the 25th and 26th.
However, after that, temperatures are expected to drop, and in Beijing, strong winds will blow, with daytime high temperatures falling to 12 degrees. The meteorological agency forecasted that abnormal high-temperature phenomena would not occur.