Yangsan sets Korea heat record at 42.5 degrees Celsius

The South Gyeongsang city broke the nation’s 122-year official heat record on Sunday after topping its own mark set a day earlier.

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People cool off at a fountain in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang, on July 31.

Yangsan, a city in South Gyeongsang, broke Korea's record for the hottest temperature ever measured on Sunday, hitting 42.5 degrees Celsius at 1:26 p.m.

It is the highest temperature ever recorded in Korea's 122-year history of weather observation, based on the climate-monitoring stations used to track official temperature rankings.

Yangsan had already broken the national temperature record on Saturday, reaching 41.6 degrees, before surpassing that mark again just a day later. The city has now topped 40 degrees for five consecutive days since Wednesday.


BY SHIN HYE-YEON [lee.jian@joongang.co.kr]

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