The Vietnamese authorities announced that a record temperature of 44.1 degrees Celsius was recorded on Saturday at the meteorological station in the north of the country.

EDITED BY  Christian MEGAN

NATURE SECTION - CLIMATE WEATHER

8 MAY 2023

    The National Hydrometeorological Center stated that this temperature was recorded by its station in Thanh Hoa Province (central north).

This temperature exceeds the previous national record of 43.4 degrees Celsius recorded on April 20, 2019, in Hong Khe District, Ha Tin Province (center).

"This is a worrying record in the context of climate change and global warming," climate science expert Nguyen Ngoc Huy told AFP in the capital, Hanoi.

The climate of Vietnam varies from north to south, but the whole country is currently experiencing the hottest months.

South Asia experienced a heatwave for most of April.

"I think this spike will repeat itself and confirm that extreme climate models look right," Nguyen Ngoc Huy said.

Scientists have demonstrated that global warming exacerbates extreme weather conditions.

Vietnam's weather varies from north to south, but the entire country is now entering its hottest summer months.

The record temperature of 44.1 degrees Celcius was measured Saturday afternoon at the indoor Hoi Xuan station in north-central Thanh Hoa province, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said.