China swelters through record temperatures, putting pressure on power grids

Shanghai in China recorded its highest temperature ever for May on Monday. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Temperatures across China reached or exceeded their records for the month of May, the country’s National Climate Centre has said.

Weather stations at 446 sites registered temperatures that were the same as, or greater than, the highest ever recorded for the month of May, deputy director of the National Climate Centre Gao Rong said at a press briefing on Friday.