The average temperature in China in 2024 was the highest since 1961, when the country began compiling complete meteorological records, according to the National Climate Center on Thursday.
The national average reading in 2024 stood at 10.9 degrees Celsius, 1.01 degrees Celsius above the annual average, breaking the previous record set in 2023, which was 10.71 degrees Celsius.
Farmers irrigate peanut seedlings in hot weather in Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, central China, June 19, 2024. /CFP
A total of 19 provincial-level regions logged record-high temperatures last year, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi.
Average precipitation across the country reached 697.7 mm in 2024, 9 percent more than the annual average.
(Cover: Prolonged hot weather hit Foshan City, Guangdong Province, south China, September 19, 2024. /CFP)