The average national temperature in August was the highest history since 1961

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 6th (Reporter Huang Yan) The average national temperature in August was 22.4 ° C, 1.2 ° C higher than the same period of the year, the highest in history since 1961. The national average precipitation was 82.4 mm, which was 23.1%less than the same period of the same year, and it was the third less in history since 1961.

At a press conference held by the China Meteorological Administration on the 6th, Xiao Yan, deputy director of the National Climate Center, introduced that from June 13th to August 30th, there was a continuous and large -scale high temperature weather in the central and eastern regions of my country. The long duration, wide range, strong strength, strong extremes, and great influence are the strongest since 1961.

In August, the average number of high temperatures in the country was 5.2 days, which was 2.7 days more than the same period of the year, and the most history since 1961. The high temperature days of high temperatures in the southwest of the southwestern southwest, central and central central China, central and southern East China, and southern Shaanxi are generally 20 to 30 days, which are generally 15 to 20 days higher than the same period of the same year.

A total of 500 national meteorological stations in the country exceeded the historical pole value of August. The highest temperature of 267 stations such as Chongqing Beiyi (45 ° C), Hubei Zhushan (44.6 ° C), and Sichuan Hejiang (43.6 ° C) were flat or broke through the historical extreme value.

In August, a total of 65,000 early warning information was released, an increase of 26%over the same period last year. High temperature became the type of major early warning. Among them, the number of high -temperature red early warning information accounted for 87.8%of the total number of moon red warning information.

Affected by the continuous temperature and high rain and rain, the Yangtze River Basin occurs in a wide range of summer drought. According to monitoring on September 2nd, southern Jiangsu, southern Anhui, most of Hubei, most Zhejiang, western Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, most Guizhou, northern Guangxi, southern Chongqing, southeast of Sichuan, central Tibet and other places in moderation. To severe meteorological drought, there are special droughts.

It is expected that in September, the temperature in most areas across the country is high; the precipitation in the central and eastern parts of the northwest, north of the southwest region is more than the same period of the same year, and there are fewer in East China. During the Mid -Autumn Festival holiday, there were no large -scale heavy rainfall and high temperature weather in the central and eastern regions.

[Editor in charge: Zhang Yongsu]

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