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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Mon Aug 04 2003 - 18:18:49 EDT

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"In Changsha, capital of Hunan, temperatures hit 41 C Sunday, the highest
since 1949."
http://www.cma.gov.cn/ywwz/englishread.php?recid=23960

"Meanwhile, the highest temperature of 40 degrees Celsius recorded at 2:00
p.m. Saturday had broken the record in Nanjing since 1966..."
http://www.cma.gov.cn/ywwz/englishread.php?recid=23958

"Though greeted by a sudden, large-scale thunderstorm Saturday afternoon,
the temperature in the city of Shanghai still rose to a 60-year high of
39.6 degrees Celsius. The heat wave has lingered in Shanghai for 15
consecutive days, the longest period of warm air currents recorded over the
past 50 years in the municipality."
http://www.cma.gov.cn/ywwz/englishread.php?recid=23958

MORE FROM THE STORY ABOVE:

"　　Streets in China¨s industrial and commercial center were deserted
during the daytime Saturday as a heat wave warning issued by the Shanghai
municipal meteorological station on Friday forecast weekend temperatures to
reach a possible record 40 degrees.

　　Dai Xinfu, chief weather forecaster at the station, said hot weather
would continue in the days ahead and the daily highs would stay above 37
degrees.

　　The temperature at 5:00 a.m. was already 30.3 degrees and rose quickly
to 38 degrees around 11 a.m., according to the meteorological station."

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