Heat Wave in Beijing for the Third Day

The temperature in the Chinese capital, Beijing, which is experiencing extreme heat, is expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius on Saturday for the third day, with a region in northern China already experiencing extremely high temperatures. According to official data reported by the Beijing Daily, "the average number of days with temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius or more from 1990 to 2020 is 10.6 days." Parts of the Hebei, Henan, Shandong provinces, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Tianjin, and Beijing have raised their heat warning level to "red" or maintained it at this level, which is the highest in a four-level weather alert system. Local media reported that by 1:13 PM local time (05:13 GMT), an area equivalent to the size of California, or 450,000 square kilometers, recorded temperatures exceeding 37 degrees Celsius.