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The Tibetan Autonomous Region in southwest China saw a record high temperature of 30.4°Celsius since the meteorological department began recording data in 1951.
Lhasa, the main city of the region, with an altitude of 3,650 meters above the sea level, recorded a temperature of 29.9°Celsius on Thursday, reaching the previous record set on June 15, 1998, the Tibet Meteorological Station said.
Lhasa recorded temperatures higher than 28°Celsius in the first 14 days of July.
Since the beginning of July, precipitation in most parts of Tibet was half compared with the same period in the previous years. The average rainfall in the Lhasa city and Ali town dropped by more than 90% compared with the previous years.
Liu Yijun, senior engineer at the Lhasa Meteorological Bureau, said Tibet had seen abnormal weather in many parts, featuring less rainfall and a longer span of days with high temperatures this year.
