China News Service, Mohe, January 28 (Li Zhe, reporter Jiang Hui and Wang Nina) On January 28, the temperature in Mohe, the northernmost city of China, reached -48.4°C, the lowest day in 40 years.
Most of the temperature in Mohe is below -40℃. Photo by Wang Jingyang
"It's too cold today. The big quilted jackets and big cotton trousers I made specially for the stall are all frozen through." On the streets of Mohe City, a vendor said.
She wore a two-layered hat and a scarf over the mask, which wrapped her chin tightly.
"Where it is exposed, it will freeze and numb in a while." Because the weather was too cold, many stall owners in the open-air market had finished setting up their stalls, and people went into nearby houses to keep warm.
Visibility in Mohe was only 20 meters that day. Photo by Wang Jingyang
On that day, except for Xing'an Town, the temperature in the rest of Mohe area was below -40℃, and the temperature in the morning reached -48.4℃, and the visibility was only about 20 meters.
People all choose to travel by car, and there are few people walking on the road.
The staff of Mohe Meteorological Bureau defrost the instrument with bare hands. Photo by Li Zhe
On the same day, in order to ensure the normal operation of the instrument and the accurate data collection, the staff of Mohe City Meteorological Bureau defrosted the instrument with bare hands in the extreme cold weather early in the morning, cleared the snow from the wind tower, and cleared the snow in the observation field. A thick layer of hoarfrost has formed on the personnel's clothes and hats, and they are too cold to stretch their hands.
"As the saying goes,'Look at the willows along the river in May 9 and 9'. Today is the third day of May 9th. The weather should start to warm up, but this year is extremely cold." Meteorological staff said.
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