The hottest May day in 100 years in Shanghai. Shanghai recorded its most sultry May day in 100 years on Monday, the city's meteorological help reported, breaking the past high by a full degree.



Researchers say a dangerous atmospheric deviation is fueling unfavorable climate, with numerous nations encountering destructive heatwaves and temperatures hitting records across Southeast and South Asia lately.


Some apps gave a "feels like" temperature estimate of more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) as the sun rose early in the afternoon, scorching Shanghai residents.


Another person said It's so hot I almost got heatstroke. It could explode.


Deadly heat In the middle of April, parts of India saw temperatures above 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit). On one day, at least 11 people died from heat stroke near Mumbai.


Dhaka in Bangladesh experienced its hottest day in nearly 60 years.


According to a study conducted by the World Weather Attribution group, the temperature in the city of Tak in Thailand reached its all-time high of 45.4 degrees Celsius (114 degrees Fahrenheit), while the temperature in Sainyabuli province in Laos set an all-time national record of 42.9 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit).

“every increment of global warming will intensify multiple and concurrent hazards,” the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations stated in a recent report.



As El Nino and greenhouse gases work together to raise temperatures, the United Nations issued a warning in May that the five-year period from 2023 to 2027 will almost certainly be the warmest ever recorded.


The 2015 Paris Understanding saw nations consent to cover an unnatural weather change at "well underneath" two degrees Celsius better than expected levels estimated somewhere in the range of 1850 and 1900 — and 1.5C if conceivable.


In 2022, the global mean temperature was 1.15 C higher than the average from 1850 to 1900.


According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), at least one of the years between 2023 and 2027 will see annual global surface temperatures greater than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.