China's National Climate Center has made a preliminary assessment that extreme weather is still showing a trend of frequent and intense occurrences this year in the country, said Jia Xiaolong, deputy director of the National Climate Center at the regular press conference on February 6.

At present, global climate warming is accelerating, and the influence of climate change on China is very profound. The climate system has become more unstable due to the influence of climate change. In recent years, extreme weather and climate events in China have also shown the characteristics of high frequency, wide range of impact, and strong disaster-causing power. Based on various factors, the National Climate Center made the above assessment.

In response to this year's climate situation, the National Climate Center suggests Southern China focus on preventing sustained high temperature weather in summer to ensure peak summer energy supply; coastal areas strengthen typhoon defense; northern areas focus on preventing secondary disasters such as flooding and urban waterlogging caused by heavy rain; Western areas be cautious of geological disasters caused by strong precipitation.

The "2022 China Climate Bulletin" was released at the meeting. It showed in 2022, the average temperature nationwide was 10.51 ℃, 0.62 ℃ higher than the normal year. Except for the temperature slightly lower normal levels, the spring, summer and autumn temperatures were all the highest in the historical period; the average precipitation nationwide was 606.1 mm, 5% less than the normal year, with more in the winter and spring and less in the summer and autumn. The average precipitation in summer was the second least since 1961.

China was hit last June by a heatwave that lasted more than 70 days, damaging crops, drying up lakes and reservoirs and causing devastating forest fires throughout the Yangtze river basin. In August, as many as 267 weather stations registered their highest temperatures to date.

A sharp drop in rainfall in the southwestern regions of Sichuan and Chongqing also forced hydropower facilities to cut output. Local industries had to restrict operations and electricity deliveries to the eastern coast were also affected.

(Writing by Alex Guo  Editing by Tammy Yang)
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