A tornado struck Ulan Hada Volcanic Geological Park in Chahar Right Back Banner, Ulanqab City, Inner Mongolia, China, on August 4, 2025. Some vehicles have sustained damages.
Typhoon Co-may made a double landfall in China’s Zhejiang and Shanghai on July 30, 2025, bringing record rainfall and severe flooding that forced over 282 000 to relocate.
At least 30 people died and more than 80 000 were evacuated in Beijing, China, after record rainfall from July 26–28, 2025, caused severe flooding and landslides.
Record-breaking rainfall struck Fuping County, Hebei Province, China, on July 25–26, 2025, killing at least two people and leaving two others missing. Xizhuang station recorded 532 mm (20.94 inches) of rain in eight hours, with peak intensities reaching 145 mm (5.71 inches) per hour. Over 46 200 residents were affected, and more than 4 600 were evacuated.
Record-breaking rainfall hit Yi County, Baoding City, northern China, on July 25, 2025, delivering nearly a year’s worth of precipitation in just 24 hours and forcing the evacuation of over 19 000.
Flash floods triggered by intense rainfall during the early hours of July 22, 2025, killed two people and left 10 missing in Laiwu District of Jinan, Shandong Province, China.
A total of 296 mm (11.65 inches) of rain fell in just 12 hours, triggering widespread flooding and a landslide that blocked a tunnel in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China on July 21, 2025.
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.
Typhoon Wipha made landfall near Taishan, southern China at 09:50 UTC (17:50 local time) on July 20, 2025, producing wind gusts up to 167 km/h (104 mph), torrential rainfall, and widespread transport disruption across Hong Kong and Guangdong. Now a strong tropical storm, Wipha is forecast to re-emerge over the Gulf of Tonkin and make a second landfall in northern Vietnam late on July 22.
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.
