Northern and northwestern China are currently experiencing extreme weather conditions, including heavy snows, severe sandstorms, and record-breaking temperature contrasts. The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Gansu Province have witnessed strong gusts and typhoon-scale gales, particularly in Turpan, Xinjiang. Visibility in some areas has been reduced to 500 meters due to the sandstorms, affecting at least two cities in the Xinjiang and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regions. Additionally, a staggering temperature contrast of over 162 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded, marking possibly the largest spread ever observed in a single country, from a teeth-chattering minus 62.1°F to a steamy 100.4°F. This includes a record low in the Tuerhong Township station in Xinjiang, where temperatures plummeted to minus 52 degrees Celsius (-63.4°F), the lowest since 1960. The severe weather has disrupted transportation and caused flight delays across Xinjiang, Ningxia, Gansu, and Shaanxi, especially following the Lunar New Year holiday. Authorities in southern China's Hainan province have ramped up flights and other transportation services to manage an unprecedented surge in travel, leaving thousands stranded. The extreme weather conditions have also led to the death of a significant number of waterfowl in some regions of Xinjiang, with visibility reduced to less than 100 meters in places.
Today in Xinjiang, China, some regions experienced a sudden temperature drop to -52℃ (-61.6℉), a sharp decrease of 45 degrees. This extreme cold caused a significant number of waterfowl to die off. https://t.co/EFVIjc4JiP
A massive sandstorm in China's #Xinjiang turned the sky orange and reduced visibility to less than 100 metres, prompting authorities to implement traffic control measures https://t.co/fjKmIvuYgf
As noted by @yangyubin1998, that's an observed spread across China of more than 162 degrees Fahrenheit: from a teeth-chattering minus 62.1°F to a steamy 100.4°F. Per @extremetemps, this may be the largest spread ever observed along a single line traversing a single nation. https://t.co/KXJIDmfZ35
As noted by @extremetemps, that's an observed spread across China of more than 162 degrees Fahrenheit: from a teeth-chattering minus 62.1°F to a steamy 100.4°F. It may be the largest spread ever observed along a single line traversing a single nation. https://t.co/KXJIDmfZ35
Today, the temperature in some regions in #Xinjiang suddenly dropped to -52℃ ( (-61.6℉) (a sharp drop of 45 degrees), and waterfowl died off in large numbers. What happened with global warming? #XiJinping #CCP #China #CCPChina #Chinanews #ChinaStory #ChineseSociety… https://t.co/orMlwLJAeC
Gallery: Northwest China has been inundated with storms since Saturday, disrupting millions of people returning home after the Lunar New Year holiday. Sand and snow clogged highways and caused flight delays across Xinjiang, Ningxia, Gansu and Shaanxi. https://t.co/G8HIO5kxHa https://t.co/OB0P633zYq
At the Tuerhong Township station in the northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the temperature plummeted to minus 52 degrees Celsius, its lowest since 1960. https://t.co/d0iJOJ7OTH
Temperatures broke a 64-year-old record in China's far western region of Xinjiang, plunging to a bone-chilling minus 63.4 degrees Farenheit amid a cold spell and traffic disruptions following the Lunar New Year holiday https://t.co/Z2NsQOrZv5
The first sandstorm of 2024 hit Xinjiang, China yesterday..... https://t.co/QS352XbUkb
Severe sandstorms swept across northwestern China, reducing visibility to 500 meters in some areas https://t.co/sRn7TOMt6a
Authorities in southern China’s Hainan province have ramped up flights and other transportation services following an unprecedented surge in travel during the Lunar New Year holiday, leaving thousands of visitors stranded due to an overstretched system. https://t.co/VbXiST58Hc
Severe sandstorms swept across at least two cities in northwestern China in the Xinjiang and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regions, drastically reducing visibility https://t.co/8uZW0pOu3D
We may have just witnessed the largest temperature contrast ever recorded for a single country. There was a staggering 90.3°C difference between today’s lowest minimum and highest maximum temperatures in China. https://t.co/auBZy4Expm
Cold wave grips norhtern China with heavy snows and severe sandstorms, and parts of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Gansu Province in northwest China witnessed strong gusts, with typhoon-scale gales in Turpan of Xinjiang. #coldwave #sandstorm #China https://t.co/veag4Mk8IH