A cold wave has swept across China amid the Lunar New Year, with the northernmost city of Mohe in Heilongjiang Province reaching a historic extreme of -53°C (-63.4°F) on Jan. 22.
At 7:00 a.m. on the first day of the Lunar New Year, -53°C was measured at the Jintao Meteorological Station in Amur Town, Mohe City, Heilongjiang Province, breaking a historical extreme of -52.3°C in the city recorded in 1969.
This is also the lowest recorded temperature in Chinese history since China has kept meteorological records.
According to monitoring data from the Meteorological Observatory in the Greater Khingan Mountains, the lowest temperature in Mohe City has been below -50°C for three consecutive days prior to the record-breaking temperature….