Vietnam records record temperature of 44.1°C

Vietnam recorded a temperature record of 44.1°C on Saturday, May 6, in a meteorological station, an extreme phenomenon expected to recur according to scientists. This survey was carried out in Thanh Hoa province, said the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

It is thus higher than the 43.4°C recorded on April 20, 2019 in Huong Khe district, in the central province of Ha Tinh. “This is a worrying record in the context of climate change and global warming”said Nguyen Ngoc Huy, an expert in climate science in Hanoi.

“I think this record will be broken several times”he added. “It confirms that extreme climate models turn out to be accurate.”

Several Asian countries hit

While Vietnam’s climate varies by region, the whole country is now entering its hottest months. Meteorological experts and authorities have advised everyone to stay indoors during the most sweltering hours of the day.

Many countries in Southeast Asia also recorded record high temperatures. Thailand’s meteorological agency reported a record high of 44.6°C in the western province of Tak. In Burma, the media announced that a city in the east of the country had recorded a maximum of 43.8°C.

Further west, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, which has long suffered from the effects of climate change, recorded its highest temperature since the 1960s. In India, meteorological authorities noted that parts of the country were experiencing temperatures three to four degrees above normal.