Beijing sees most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December since 1951

BEIJING — Beijing recorded essentially the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December in additional than seven a long time as a chilly wave has enveloped northern and central swathes of China, bringing snowstorms and record-breaking temperatures.

A climate observatory within the Chinese language capital as of Sunday had recorded greater than 300 hours of sub-freezing temperatures since Dec. 11 – essentially the most since information started, in 1951, in accordance with the official newspaper Beijing Each day.

The town noticed 9 consecutive days with temperatures under minus 10 levels Celsius (14 levels Fahrenheit), the paper added.

Elements of northern and central China have shivered underneath frigid chilly snaps this month, with authorities closing faculties and highways a number of occasions attributable to snowstorms.

Temperatures at 78 climate stations throughout the nation hit report lows for the month of December, whereas common temperatures this month in northern and a few central elements of China hit report lows set in 1961, in accordance with the Nationwide Meteorological Centre.