Qinghai Province Registers Record Heat in 2024
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Synopsis
Qinghai Province experienced its warmest year on record in 2024, with average temperatures rising significantly due to climate change. The province's annual average temperature reached 3.9 degrees Celsius, 1.1 degrees above historical norms.
Key Takeaways
- Qinghai Province logged its warmest year in 2024.
- Average temperature was 3.9 degrees Celsius.
- Temperature increase of 0.36 degrees Celsius per decade since 1961.
- Global climate change impacting extreme weather.
- Vegetation flourishing despite diminishing glaciers.
Beijing, Jan 17 (NationPress) China's Qinghai Province, located on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, often known as the "roof of the world," has recorded its warmest year in 2024, as reported during a press conference on Friday.
At this event, which revealed Qinghai's top 10 weather occurrences in 2024, Guo Yingxiang, the Deputy Director of the Qinghai climate center, indicated that from 1961 to 2021, the province's annual average temperature has been on a sharply upward trend, increasing by approximately 0.36 degrees Celsius every decade.
In 2024, Qinghai Province witnessed temperatures above the historical average along with an uptick in precipitation. The annual average temperature reached 3.9 degrees Celsius, which is 1.1 degrees higher than the historical mean, marking the warmest year since the onset of meteorological records in 1961.
According to Guo, Qinghai Province is facing escalating temperatures and an uptick in extreme warm weather phenomena due to global climate change.
Yao Tandong, an academician from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, noted last August that the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is becoming warmer, wetter, and greener.
Yao also pointed out that the glaciers and snow cover on the plateau are diminishing, while vegetation is flourishing, as reported by Xinhua news agency.
"These alterations may result in significant changes in the Asian monsoon circulation, potentially heightening the occurrence of extreme weather events in China," Yao stated at a press conference for the second Qinghai-Xizang Plateau scientific expedition and research.
