China’s National Climate Center said average temperatures from June to August reached 22.31 degrees Celsius, the highest since records began in 1961. The heat drove millions to riverbanks, shopping malls and even underground air-raid shelters, while air conditioner sales in the Northeast surged as much as ninefold. In Mohe, China’s northernmost city and a popular summer retreat, guesthouse owners scrambled to install AC units as heatwaves dampened bookings. To ease the shortage, major AC brands dispatched 100,000 units and more than 3,000 technicians from across the country to “rescue” the northeast.
lørdag 6. september 2025
China’s Summer of Climate Whiplash Brings Heat, Floods, and Drought
China has just endured its hottest summer on record, marked by deadly swings between extremes, from floods that killed 44 in Beijing to blistering temperatures across the northeast.
China’s National Climate Center said average temperatures from June to August reached 22.31 degrees Celsius, the highest since records began in 1961. The heat drove millions to riverbanks, shopping malls and even underground air-raid shelters, while air conditioner sales in the Northeast surged as much as ninefold. In Mohe, China’s northernmost city and a popular summer retreat, guesthouse owners scrambled to install AC units as heatwaves dampened bookings. To ease the shortage, major AC brands dispatched 100,000 units and more than 3,000 technicians from across the country to “rescue” the northeast.
China’s National Climate Center said average temperatures from June to August reached 22.31 degrees Celsius, the highest since records began in 1961. The heat drove millions to riverbanks, shopping malls and even underground air-raid shelters, while air conditioner sales in the Northeast surged as much as ninefold. In Mohe, China’s northernmost city and a popular summer retreat, guesthouse owners scrambled to install AC units as heatwaves dampened bookings. To ease the shortage, major AC brands dispatched 100,000 units and more than 3,000 technicians from across the country to “rescue” the northeast.
