SEOUL: South Korea’s capital broke a century-old weather record with the 26th so-called tropical night in a row- when the temperature stays above 25 degrees Celsius, according to official data released on Friday ( Aug 16 ).
The temperature is constantly recording around 25 degrees Fahrenheit or higher because the cool air is no coming down from the north, according to Youn Ki-han, chairman at Seoul’s Meteorology Forecast Division, who is in charge of the agency.
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned last quarter of an “extreme heat epidemic” and called for action to reduce the impact of climate change, and much of the world is experiencing a summer of severe heat.
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, reported nighttime temperatures that soared above 25 degrees Fahrenheit for 26 consecutive days, marking the longest streak since 1907 when current weather observation began.
The weather company uses the most recent temperature as the standard, but the record ties with one set in 2018.
The intense heat in Seoul is expected to continue, according to Seoul’s Office of Meteorology, setting a history every day until next year.
The 25-degree-plus afternoons are commonly known as” tropical night” in South Korea, and authorities say quite a long run is unusual.
” Typically around this time, the temperature drops in the morning and evening as the cold air from the northwest lowers, and the North Pacific high pressure contracts,” said Youn.” At this time, we are n’t seeing any signs of that yet,” said Youn.
South Korea’s second-largest city Busan, however, logged its 22nd consecutive tropical nighttime- its longest run since data began in 1904.