• 48.7°C (119.7°F) recorded at Dongkan station, setting China’s third-highest official temperature on record

    ByReet Kaur

    Dongkan National Meteorological Station in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang, recorded an air temperature of 48.7 °C (119.7 °F) on July 20, 2025, setting a new all-time high for the station. Two nearby automated weather stations in the basin recorded temperatures over 50 °C (122 °F) the same day, including Mangxiaohu at 50.7 °C (123.3 °F). This marks one of the highest official temperatures ever recorded at a national meteorological station in China.

  • Extreme heatwave breaks power demand records, China

    ByReet Kaur

    Extreme heat affecting vast areas of China on July 16, 2025, pushed the national maximum electricity load above 1.5 billion kilowatts for the first time on record, marking the third new peak this month. Temperatures exceeded 46°C (114.8°F) at local stations in Xi’an and reached 42.2°C (108.0°F) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with widespread nighttime heat and record-high ground temperatures observed.

  • Red alert as Shanghai records highest temperature ever

    ByTeo Blašković

    Shanghai, China's biggest city and global financial hub, registered a new record high temperature on Friday, July 21, 2017, forcing the Shanghai Central Meteorological Observatory to issue a red alert for high temperatures. A total of 13 high-temperature red…