Beijing is to celebrate its warmest Spring Festival on record,
according to the Beijing Meteorological Station.
The highest temperature on the eve of the festival will reach 10
degrees centigrade, making it the warmest festival eve since
records began in 1951, it said.
In the following couple of days temperatures would range from
zero to 12 degrees centigrade, without rain or snow, according to
experts.
The previous warmest festival eve occurred in 2002 when the
average temperature was 2.7 degrees centigrade. The coldest was in
1960 when the average temperature stood at minus 12 degrees
centigrade.
However, experts warned citizens against the possibility of
sandstorms owing to a lack of rainfall.
(Xinhua News Agency February 17, 2007)
