China News Service, Daxinganling, December 13th (Feng Hongwei, reporter Jiang Hui) On the 13th, affected by strong cold air, the temperature in Huzhong District, Daxinganling, Heilongjiang Province, the "coldest town in China", reached -40.9℃, welcoming the temperature since the beginning of winter this year. The lowest value.
Huzhong District is located in the northern foothills of Yilahuli Mountain in the Greater Khingan Mountains, with an average elevation of 810 meters. The frost-free period is only 83 days. The lowest temperature in the history of the town is -53.2℃. The annual average temperature is only -4.3℃. For about 30 days, it is known as "China's coldest town".
On December 13, the lowest temperature in the "coldest town in China" reached -40.9°C.
Photo by Feng Hongwei
Li Chunhua, a resident of Huzhong Town, Huzhong District, usually likes to get up early and walk the bends, and came out late on the 13th.
Li Chunhua said: "When I got up this morning, I saw that there was a cold'smoke' outside. Based on experience, the temperature must be below -40°C. I only dared to go out at 9 o'clock. I still felt very cold. After going out for more than 10 minutes, the hat was hung on. There is a lot of frost."
Cao Yupeng, a sanitation worker in Huzhong Town, walked out of his house at 7:30 to clean the community. His face was frosty and he said: "It feels much colder today than a few days ago. Wearing thick cotton clothes and gloves, I feel too cold. Clean I have to go upstairs to get warm for a while."
The sanitation worker's hat was covered with frost.
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According to Wu Shuqin, director of the Meteorological Bureau of Huzhong District, Daxinganling, at 8 o'clock on the 13th, after data query, the lowest temperature measured by the Huzhong Town Farmland Microclimate Station reached -40.9℃, which broke through -40℃ for the first time this winter and is expected to continue in the next few days. Low temperature reminds residents and tourists to pay attention to adding clothing to keep warm.
The beautiful scenery of rime appeared on both banks of the Huma River.
Photo by Feng Hongwei
The extreme cold weather also adds to the beauty of "China's coldest town". The Huma River flows like a "boiling", and the rime on both sides of the river is like a fairy tale world under the sunlight, which makes many tourists and photographers linger.
In recent years, Huzhong District has transformed the unique resource of "cold" into a development advantage. By promoting the local good forest scenery, ice and snow resources, it has attracted a large number of photographers and tourists to come to enjoy the ice, snow and experience the extreme cold The "splashing water into ice" and "glacial instant noodles" under the weather.
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