China’s northernmost city recently experienced its coldest day

• The temperature in China’s northernmost city fell to minus 53°C.
• China’s meteorological authority issued a blue cold wave.
• They predicted ice fog as well.

According to meteorologists, the temperature in China‘s northernmost city fell to minus 53°C (minus 63.4 degrees Fahrenheit), the coldest ever recorded.

Mohe, located in northeastern Heilongjiang province and close to Russian Siberia, is known as “China’s North Pole” and is one of the few places in China with a subarctic climate.

According to the Heilongjiang Meteorological Bureau, the temperature was minus 53°C at 7 a.m. on January 22, the first day of the Lunar New Year. Officials said it broke the previous record of minus 52.3°C set in 1969.

On Monday, China’s meteorological authority issued a blue cold wave, forecasting significant temperature drops across the country.

In neighboring Russia, Yakutsk, the world’s coldest city, temperatures dropped to minus 62.7°C (minus 80.9 degrees Fahrenheit) – the coldest in over two decades.

Mohe’s winters are long, beginning in early October and often lasting until May. Temperatures have been known to fall below freezing on average during this time period, according to experts.

Residents were gripped by rare “ice fog” in 2018, a weather phenomenon that occurs only in extremely cold climates when water droplets in the air remain in liquid form, prompting local authorities to issue the city’s first-ever red warning for cold weather.

Although no warnings have been issued in Mohe, local meteorologists predict that the cold spell will last into this week. They predict ice fog as well.

The city’s year-round cold attracts tourists, who flock to its ice-themed attractions.

A highway connecting the remote city to the capital Beijing opened to much fanfare in December 2019.

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