High temperatures in Taipei set new record for June

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/06/22
By: Chen Wei-ting and Romulo Huang

Taipei, June 22 (CNA) The number of days with temperatures of 37 degrees Celsius and over in Taipei in June increased to six Wednesday, setting a new record for June in the 120 years since the Taipei Weather Station was set up in 1896, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said that day.

Over the past years, there have only been one to two days with temperatures of 37 degrees Celsius and over in June, the CWB data shows.

Wednesday was the third consecutive day on which the temperature in Taipei registered over 37 degrees Celsius, reaching the day’s high of 37.7 degrees Celsius at 1:23 P.M., the CWB said.

Cheng Ming-tian (鄭明典), director of the CWB’s Weather Forecast Center, said in a Facebook post that the number provides evidence that the climate in Taiwan has been affected by global warming in a similar manner to the effects in other parts of the world.     [FULL  STORY]