Northern Chinese city hits coldest temperatures on record

Record ID: 1957446

  • Title: Northern Chinese city hits coldest temperatures on record
  • Date: 24th January 2023
  • Summary: MOHE, HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA (JANUARY 22, 2023) (CCTV – No use China) VARIOUS OF TRAFFIC POLICE OFFICER IN HEAVY COAT DIRECTING TRAFFIC ON SNOWY ROADS STREET SWEEPER SWEEPING SNOW ON ROAD SNOW AND ICE ON STREET SWEEPER’S HAT SNOW ON PINE TREE CARS PARKED ON STREET MOHE, HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA (RECENT) (CCTV – No use China) (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) MOHE CORRESPONDENT, ZHANG RUIXUE, SAYING: “Over the past two days the lowest temperatures in Mohe dropped below 50 degrees centigrade (-58 degrees Fahrenheit). So how cold exactly is that? So I brought an average-looking egg here.” / ZHANG TAKES OUT EGG AND SQUATS DOWN NEXT TO SHOVEL ON GROUND ZHANG: “And I have an iron shovel. So we’re going to crack this egg on top of this shovel and let’s see what happens!” / ZHANG CRACKING EGG OVER SHOVEL / RAW EGG FREEZING ON TOP OF SHOVEL / ZHANG’S FINGER POINTING AT FROZEN RAW EGG ON SHOVEL ZHANG: “Look! Everyone can plainly see, on camera, that the egg whites have already turned white in an instant. And it’s already frozen!” (SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY OVERLAYS SHOT 7) FROZEN RAW EGG ON SHOVEL
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  • Keywords: china cold coldfront mohe north record temperatures weather
  • Location: MOHE, HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA
  • City: MOHE, HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Environment,Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVA001465224012023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: China’s northernmost city of Mohe has hit its coldest temperature on record, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday (January 24).
    According to state broadcaster CCTV, Mohe, which borders Russia to its north, recorded a temperature of around -53 degrees Celsius (-63.4 Fahrenheit) at around 0700 A.M. (2300 GMT January 21) local time on Sunday (January 22), breaking its previous record set in 1969 at -52.3 Celsius (-62.14 Fahrenheit).
    A local CCTV correspondent demonstrated how cold Mohe was by cracking an egg outside on a shovel and showing it freeze within seconds on camera.
    Mohe is no newcomer to subarctic temperatures and China's coldest temperature on record was set by the city of Genhe in nearby Inner Mongolia region at -58 degrees Celsius ( -72.4 Fahrenheit) in 2009, state media said.
    (Production: Joseph Campbell)
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