A remote township in China's arid northwest endured temperatures of more than 52 Celsius (126 Fahrenheit) on Sunday, state media reported, setting a record for a country that was battling minus 50C weather just six months ago.
Prolonged bouts of high temperatures in China have challenged power grids and crops, and concerns are mounting of a possible repeat of last year's drought, the most severe in 60 years.in temperatures across the seasons but the swings are getting wider.
On Jan. 22, temperatures in Mohe, a city in northeastern Heilongjiang province, plunged to minus 53C, according to the local weather bureau, smashing China's previous all-time low of minus 52.3C set in 1969. Since then, the heaviest rains in a decade have hit central China, ravaging wheat fields in an area known as the country's granary.
This week, the United States and China are looking to rekindle efforts to fight global warming, with U.S. special climate envoyReporting by Ryan Woo; Editing by Tom Hogue
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