Tourists visit the Bund area in Shanghai, June 29, 2025. Photo: Xinhua/Fang Zhe

China’s national observatory issued a yellow alert on Monday morning, warning of downpours in parts of the country. In the coming days, regions such as Jianghuai and Jiangnan will experience widespread high temperatures, with some regions exceeding 40 C, according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC).

It is expected that from 8 am on Monday to 8 am on Tuesday, areas including southern parts of Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, northeastern parts of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, most of Chongqing Municipality, some regions in Northeast China, the southeastern coastal areas of South China’s Guangdong Province, will experience heavy to torrential rain. Among these, northeastern Sichuan and northern Chongqing may see extremely heavy rainfall reaching 100-200 millimeters, according to the NMC.
 
Over the next 10 days, there will be frequent rainfall in the eastern parts of North China, Northeast China, and Northwest China, with four to six days of rain expected, according to the NMC.

Shanghai issued a heatwave alert on Monday, with temperatures forecasted to exceed 35 C in most regions of the city. On Monday, East China’s Jiangxi Province also issued a yellow alert for high temperatures.

From Monday to July 6, regions including the Huanghuai, Jianghuai, and central and eastern parts of South China are expected to face sustained high temperatures ranging from 35 to 39 C, with some areas possibly exceeding 40 C, according to the NMC.

As of June 25, the national average temperature for the month was 21.1 C, which was 0.9 C higher than the average for the same period in previous years. This ties with 2022 as the highest for this period since 1961, the China Meteorological Administration announced at a press briefing held on June 27.

Except for the western part of Northeast China and the eastern part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where temperatures are lower than usual, most parts of the country are experiencing elevated heat. The average temperature in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (25 C) is the highest for this time of year since 1961, while Sichuan (23.1 C) and Shandong (26.2 C) recorded their second-highest temperatures, according to the China Meteorological Administration.

A total of 102 national meteorological stations reported daily maximum temperatures breaking historical June records. Among them, 17 stations, including Chongqing Tongnan (41.4 C) and Sichuan Hejiang (40.7 C), reaching or exceeding 40 C, according to the administration.

Global Times