China News Service Johannesburg, November 11 (Reporter Wang Xi) On November 30, local time, the South African Meteorological Service (SAWS) confirmed that South Africa is currently experiencing a large-scale "heat wave", and the continuous high temperature weather has broken the country's record for the highest temperature in November.
Since November, the temperature in South Africa has risen sharply, and most provinces have been hit by two rounds of "heat waves" in mid and late November, and each high temperature weather has the characteristics of longer duration and wider range.
According to the South African Meteorological Service, two rounds of "heat waves" swept through most parts of South Africa, including the Northern Cape, Northwest Province and Free State Province, and even had extremely hot weather for many days. On November 11, more than 27 weather stations across South Africa ushered in the highest temperature record in November, and the Ohrabis Falls Weather Station in the Northern Cape became the "focus" here, and the weather station recorded a maximum temperature of 10.11 degrees Celsius on the 27th, breaking the record of the highest November temperature of 46.7 degrees Celsius held by the station.
In this regard, the South African Meteorological Service analysis pointed out that due to the influence of the El Niño phenomenon, the climate in southern Africa this summer will be drier and hotter than in the past, and this trend will continue, and the average national temperature is expected to be higher than the normal level in previous years throughout the summer. At the same time, this extremely hot weather is highly likely to bring instability in rainfall and trigger serious natural disasters, so the South African government and people must respond in advance.
As a result, South Africa's electricity consumption rose sharply in November, which indirectly led to the country's resumption of large-scale nationwide power rationing later this month. (ENDS)