Turpan is the location of the Flame Mountain in the Journey to the West, the hottest place in China, and it is called "Flame Island". The annual maximum temperature is 43℃, and the surface temperature is 75℃. The number of days above 35℃ exceeds 100, and the highest temperature in summer is 49.6℃. The surface temperature can reach 89℃, which is a veritable "China hot pole".
The highest temperature in Turpan Flame Mountain in summer is as high as 47.8 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature on the surface is as high as 89 degrees Celsius. Hard-boiled eggs can be baked in the sand nest. Turpan is a typical continental arid desert climate. Although the annual average temperature is only 14.5℃, the days above 35℃ exceed 100 days, and even the extremely hot weather above 38℃ is as many as 38 days.
Climatic characteristics of Turpan
Turpan has a unique warm temperate continental arid desert climate. Located in the middle of the basin, surrounded by mountains on all sides, it has five characteristics, such as long sunshine, high temperature, large temperature difference between day and night, less precipitation and strong wind, and is known as "Huozhou" and "Fengku".
The annual average temperature is 14℃, the summer average temperature is around 30℃, and the hot weather with the annual average temperature higher than 35℃ has an average of 99 days.
Extreme high temperature weather above 40℃ lasts for 28 days on average. The characteristics of climate change in four seasons are: short spring, average 6 1 day, early start and rapid temperature rise; The summer is long, with an average of 152 days, high temperature and heat; Autumn is short, with an average of 57 days, and the temperature drops rapidly; Winter is short, with an average of 95 days, light wind and light snow, fine weather and short cold period. In a year, January is the coldest and July the hottest.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Turpan City.