A child plays with a toy water gun in a park in the Xuhui district of East China's Shanghai, July 10, 2022. The National Climate Center said on Wednesday that the intensity of China's regional high temperatures is now the highest on record.
The temperature intensity is determined by the average national temperature, its range of influence and duration, according to the center.
The data collected by the center shows that by Monday, temperatures had broken the 62 day record set in 2013 and became the longest period of high heat since China began collecting weather data in 1961.
The coverage area of temperatures above 40 C during that period is now the largest in history, according to the center.
The highest temperature recorded in the nation during the period was 44.5 C, in Chongqing.
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The National Meteorological Center says that the current regional heat wave is expected to continue, and comprehensive intensity will increase in the days to come.