Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/28
By: Wang Shu-fen and Lee Hsin-Yin
The scorching reading was recorded at 12:22 p.m., following 38.3 degrees registered in 
Banqiao in neighboring New Taipei at 12:19 p.m., bureau data shows.
Taipei also experienced 38.5 degrees the previous day, the second-highest reading in the capital for any day in July since records began in 1897. The highest temperature ever recorded in Taipei in the month was 38.6 degrees in 2010.
Taipei has experienced four days of the mercury reaching over 38 degrees so far this year, a new record since the weather station was established 119 years ago, forecasters said. [FULL STORY]
