Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/03/2020
By: Wang Shu-fen and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, May 3 (CNA) Several weather stations in Taitung County on Sunday recorded their highest temperature this year, with the mercury soaring to nearly 38 degrees Celsius in Jinlun Village, Taimali Township, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

Under the influence of foehn winds, the mercury in Jinlun soared to 37.9 Celsius degrees at 2:10 p.m. Sunday, the highest level recorded anywhere in Taiwan this year, according to the CWB.

A foehn wind is a type of dry, warm, down-slope wind that occurs on the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range.

The other highest weather station temperatures of the year were 37.6 degrees in Jialan Village, Jinfeng Township at 15:30 p.m. and 37.3 degrees in Dawu at 12:49 p.m.    [FULL  STORY]