At the “North Pole of China” readings below 50 degrees Celsius were measured three days in a row.
16:09•Updated 16:14
The Chinese New Year began in the city of Mohe, located in northern China near the Russian border, on Sunday at 53 degrees below zero. This is the coldest record in the city’s measurement history.
The news agency Reuters reported on the matter, among others, US news channel CNN (you will switch to another service), The British Broadcasting Company BBC (you will switch to another service) and newspaper Washington Post (you will switch to another service).
However, this is not the whole of China’s frost record. The coldest readings of all – 58 degrees below zero – were measured in the city of Genhe in Inner Mongolia in 2009.
Mohen’s previous record for freezing is from 1969, when -52.3 degrees Celsius was measured in the city.
Mohe is known as the “North Pole of China” due to its cold winters. Now, however, the weather has been unusually freezing, as according to the authorities, since Friday, the temperature has remained below 50 degrees Celsius for three days in a row.
China’s state-run CCTV media reported on Mohenjo’s cold weather on Sunday by showing how a reporter broke an egg on an iron shovel, which froze instantly.
Now, according to CCTV, local authorities have redoubled their efforts to maintain normal heat and water supply during the New Year holiday season. For example, trucks equipped with hot water tanks and generators are kept ready around the clock.
According to meteorologists, the cold front will continue in the region this week. According to the Washington Post, cold weather is expected for the eastern parts of China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and the eastern parts of Russia on Tuesday and Wednesday.
China’s state news agency Xinhua reported earlier in January that last summer and autumn were the warmest in 60 years in China. Climate change is considered to intensify and increase extreme weather phenomena.