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Mohe: China’s northernmost city records coldest day ever



(CNN) — Temperatures in China’s northernmost city dropped to minus 53°C (minus 63.4°F) – the coldest ever recorded, meteorologists say.

Located in the northeast of Heilongjiang Province and nestled near Russia’s Siberia, Mohe is widely known as “China’s Arctic” and is one of the few places in the country where subarctic climate.
The temperature at 7 a.m. on January 22, also the first day of Lunar New Year, registered at minus 53°C, according to the Heilongjiang Meteorological Bureau. It beat the previous record of minus 52.3°C in 1969, officials said.

China’s meteorological agency has forecast a sharp drop in temperatures in parts of the country and put out a blue cold on Monday.

In neighboring Russia, Yakutskdubbed the coldest city in the world, saw temperatures drop to minus 62.7°C (minus 80.9 degrees Fahrenheit) – the coldest in more than two decades.

Winter in Mohe is long and begins in early October, often lasting until May. Experts say the average temperature during this period has dropped below freezing.

In 2018, rare “glacial frost” – weather phenomenon occurs only in extremely cold climates when the water droplets in the air are still liquidcausing anger among residents, prompting the local government to issue a red warning about cold weather for the first time for the city.

No warnings have been issued in Mohe yet, but local meteorologists say the cold spell will continue into this week. They say ice fog is also expected.

The city’s constant cold attracts year-round tourists, who flock to its ice-themed attractions. In 2011, more than 10,000 tourists flocked to the city to observe the northern lights during the annual festival. pole lights festival.
One Highway The remote city connection to the capital Beijing opened in December 2019 with much fanfare.

Climate change has exacerbated the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.

Just a few months ago, China saw worst heat wave since 1961 — has led to widespread power cuts and even brought rivers to drought levels. The intense heat lasted for more than 70 days and the impact spread across large areas of the country.

In the southwestern province of Sichuan, home to 80 million people, power cuts forced factories to close, left homes and offices without power – and killed thousands of families. poultry and fish at the farm.

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