China: – 47 C in the north of the country, energy consumption skyrockets
The strongest cold wave of this winter is gripping large areas of China: on Sunday, temperatures in Shanxi, Hebei and Liaoning fell to the lowest levels recorded this year.
Reuters cited a meteorologist in the city of Yichun in Heilongjiang, located in the northeastern part of the country, as saying that temperatures could reach a record low of minus 47.9 C (minus 54.2 F) by the start of next year. week.
Bloomberg data shows that average temperatures across China fell well below 30-year, 10-year and five-year trends for this time of year, sitting at around 27°C. Doesn't there have to be global warming?
“In China, including Beijing, the December temperature is the coldest in 50 years. Climate emergency warnings have been declared for extreme cold ,” Ryan Maue, a meteorologist and former NOAA chief scientist, wrote in X.
The cold wave in China was rapid and violent.
BREAKING: The weather in China
, including Beijing, is the coldest December temperature in more than 50 years. Climate emergency warnings have been declared for extreme cold.
ZBAA 172000Z 00000MPS CAVOK M18/M20 Q1036 NOSIG
-18°C = -0.4°F pic.twitter.com/LHc2rjWhd2
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) December 17, 2023
Meanwhile, Russia benefits from the “ongoing mega-extreme cold wave,” Maue said.
From record-breaking warm to record-breaking cold! Today, 30 stations in northern China broke the lowest temperature record for December, and 5 stations broke the lowest temperature record for the whole year! @extremetemps @ThierryGooseBC pic.twitter.com/urBA1wI7I0
— Jim yang (@yangyubin1998) December 17, 2023
On Friday, Chinese media Xinhua said President Xi Jinping urged people to "make all possible efforts" to cope with the cold.
While China freezes, the US is preparing for a cold wave that will usher in 2024.
These cold waves can create peaks in energy demand with increases in gas and oil prices and also create problems for the functioning of electricity networks with massive production repercussions.
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