Shanghai records hottest May day in 100 years

Shanghai recorded, Monday, May 29, the hottest May day in more than a century. The announcement was made by the city’s meteorological department in eastern China. “The temperature at Xujiahui subway station reached 36.7°C Monday afternoon, beating by one degree the record temperature of 35.7°C recorded four times, in 1876, 1903, 1915 and 2018″detailed the meteorological service of this city which is the largest in China.

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Climate change has made extreme heat waves at least 30 times more likely in this country, according to a study by 22 international climatologists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) initiative published in mid-May.

A “felt” temperature of more than 40°C

The temperature in Shanghai thus beat by one degree the previous record which had been recorded four times, in 1876, 1903, 1915 and 2018. The inhabitants of the largest city of China suffered from the heat in the beginning of the day. -noon, some applications displaying a “felt” temperature of more than 40°C.

In mid-May, the UN warned that the period 2023-2027 will almost certainly be the hottest ever recorded on Earth, under the combined effect of greenhouse gases and the El Nino weather phenomenon, which are pushing up the temperatures.