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How hot was the summer in the Qing Dynasty recorded in history?

In the summer of the 8th year of Qianlong (AD 1743), historical records called it "the hottest summer in history." It is said that a foreigner happened to be traveling in China at that time. In his records, he said: He had never seen such high temperatures as in 1743, and many poor and fat people died, which caused widespread panic. In many official historical records, there are records of this extreme weather. The average temperature in Futian reached 40 degrees Celsius, with the highest temperature reaching 43 or 40 degrees Celsius.

"Tianjin County Chronicle" records: May is bitterly hot, the earth and rocks are scorched, the top of the mast is flowing with gold, and many people die of heat;

"Xu Donghua Lu" records: June C Chen, the capital is very hot.

"Qingcheng County Chronicles" records: A severe drought has occurred for thousands of miles, indoor appliances are hot, and wind-scorched trees in the southwest often die.

From various records such as this, we should be able to see that the degree of heat at that time was beyond people’s imagination. Deaths caused by the heat occurred on a large scale in many places, and the people Even praying for blessings and so on did not work. According to statistics, more than 10,000 people died near the capital at that time.