July 17, 2023 8:06 PM

China provisionally records highest ever temperature in the north- western region of Xinjiang

In China, the Met Office told that over the weekend China had provisionally recorded its highest-ever temperature in the north-western region of Xinjiang.   The Met Office said, the mercury hit 52.2 degrees in the village of Sanbao yesterday.   Sanbao is in the Turpan basin, a below-sea-level depression with a desert that has recorded some of the most extreme temperature variations in China, from temperatures well below zero in winter to baking summers. On the other hand, US cli...