At 6 a.m. on June 23 (local time), the Beijing Meteorological Station issued its first red heat alert this year, the most serious level in a three-level color-coded warning system of yellow, orange, and red for high-temperature weather.
Previously, the agency issued a yellow heat alert at 5 p.m. on June 20 and raised it to orange at 9 a.m. on June 22. According to the meteorological agency's forecast, the heat wave in Beijing will continue from June 23 to 25, with the highest temperature in most areas reaching 37-40℃.
On the afternoon of June 22, the Beijing Daily reported that a weather station in the southern suburbs, which is considered the main gauge of Beijing's temperature, recorded a temperature of 41.1℃ at 3:19 p.m., breaking the record for the highest temperature in June since records began there. The previous highest temperature in June was recorded on June 10, 1961, when the temperature reached 40.6℃.
The highest temperature on June 22 was the second highest in Beijing's history, lower than the 41.9 degrees Celsius on July 24, 1999.
Not only Beijing, many areas in Northern and Eastern China also recorded unprecedented temperatures.
The Meteorological Station of Shandong Province, East China, had to raise the high temperature warning from orange to red at 4 p.m. on June 22, as most areas in the province had temperatures around 39℃, of which 26 districts and counties were above 40℃.
The local meteorological agency forecast that the highest temperature inland in Shandong on June 23 will be 38-42°C, with some places reaching over 43°C, reaching or exceeding the highest level in history for the same period. This is also the general forecast for many places in northern China, such as Hebei Province.
According to data from the China Meteorological Administration, while 2,130 meteorological stations measured heavy rain, 2,830 other stations across the country had maximum temperatures over 40°C in the past 24 hours, mostly concentrated in the north and east.
As high temperatures peaked at national meteorological stations in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and Shandong on June 22, the Central Meteorological Station of China continued to issue an orange high temperature alert across the country at 6 a.m. on June 23, with a forecast that in the next 10 days, the eastern and northern regions of the country will continue to experience hot weather with the number of high temperature days reaching 8 days.
In Asia, Japan is also enduring an unusually hot summer. Experts from the Japan Meteorological Agency have even warned of the risk of developing into a "super El Nino."
The Japan Meteorological Agency said the three-month summer (July, August and September) saw a combination of El Nino - warmer waters in the central and eastern Pacific - and the lingering effects of La Nina (which lasts throughout winter), causing thunderstorms in the Philippines, pushing high pressure in the Pacific westward .
This means eastern and western Japan, along with Okinawa and the Amami Islands, will be blanketed by warm air, according to the forecast.
Average temperatures in August are expected to be unusually high across Japan, except in the northeastern region and Hokkaido. Average temperatures in July and September are expected to be similar to those of a normal summer.
“This summer will be a stronger El Nino, called a super El Nino,” predicted Professor Masahiro Watanabe of the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.
According to the Professor, due to the strong El Nino and climate change, there will be extreme weather patterns globally starting from the summer. Temperatures are currently rising in Japan even though the country is still in the rainy season.
Record heat not only occurs in China and Japan but also in many countries around the world as global temperatures rise.
Global temperatures have exceeded the 1.5°C limit above pre-industrial levels several times, but only in the Northern Hemisphere during winter and spring.
However, this increase is now also recorded in the summer and is likely to set many more records due to the El Nino weather phenomenon.
In the first days of June, global temperatures quickly exceeded critical thresholds.
Researchers from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Observatory said that for the first time in June, global surface temperatures rose 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This is the limit set by climate experts and governments under the Paris Climate Agreement to prevent irreversible impacts on the global environment.
Minh Hoa (reported by VOV, Vietnam+)
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