China News Agency, Zhengzhou, May 3 (Reporter Li Guigang) In the past few days, the Central Plains has been exposed to rare high temperatures in spring, and the temperature in many places has soared to more than 40 ℃.
On May 1st, the temperature in Zhengzhou, Henan reached 32.4 ° C, which opened the spring barbecue mode. Local media said that Zhengzhou's hottest "May Day" in 60 years.
On the 2nd, the heat escalated and the "heat wave" swept the Central Plains. Among the 18 cities under the jurisdiction of Henan, 12 have the highest temperature of 35 ℃. Among them, the temperature in 6 cities including Zhengzhou and Luohe has risen to 37 ℃.
However, the rare high temperature does not stop people from going out. On the "May Day", people flooded out of the city and caused congestion on several roads in Zhengzhou. The Central Plains Railway sent 275,000 passengers, setting a new high in the number of passengers sent in a single day after the Spring Festival. On the 2nd, the ground in Zhengzhou was "hot to the feet" and people were still " Enthusiasm is not diminished ", encountering the spring in the countryside and opening the play mode.
On the morning of the 3rd, more than one hundred high temperature warning messages were issued in Henan; at noon, Henan issued the first high temperature red warning this year: it is expected that in the afternoon, the maximum temperature in Zhengzhou and Luoyang, Xuchang, Pingdingshan and northern Jiaozuo will rise to 40 ℃ the above.
At noon, the scorching sun scorched the Central Plains, and the temperature in Zhengzhou has soared to 39 ℃, becoming the national high-temperature "champion". Pedestrians on the street were all in summer clothes, hurriedly passing by the shade of trees and corners of the walls.
As of 13:00 on the 3rd, the top 10 of the highest temperature in China Weather Network were occupied by Henan cities.
Fortunately, this "summer in the spring" is fleeting. According to a weather forecast from the Henan Provincial Meteorological Observatory, cold air is expected to affect Henan from the 3rd to the 4th, with showers and thunderstorms in the north, east and south, and strong convective weather such as thunderstorms and strong winds. The maximum temperature will drop below 31 ° C from the 4th , The hot weather will be eased slightly. (Finish)