Temperatures at 446 weather stations across the nation reached or exceeded the highest ever for the month of May, deputy director of the National Climate Centre Gao Rong told a press briefing on Friday.
Provinces in the south sweltered in blistering heat, testing power grids as demand for air-conditioning spiked among home, commercial and industrial users. On Monday, Shanghai endured its hottest day in May in more than 100 years. Like many parts of Asia, China has been besieged by extreme hot weather in recent weeks ahead of summer proper in the northern hemisphere. In the next three days, most of southern China is expected to be hit by temperatures of more than 35 Celsius, with temperatures in some areas exceeding 40C, according to national forecasters on Friday. Having sweltered through May, southern and eastern China face more weeks of unrelenting heatwaves, putting power grids under strain as demand for air-conditioning soars in mega-cities like Shanghai.
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