Is Genhe the coldest place in China?

The coldest place in China is the Genhe River.

Genhe city, a county-level city in Hulunbeier City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is the coldest city in China, and is known as the "China Cold Pole". The annual average temperature is -5.3℃, 1 month average temperature is close to -30℃, the extreme minimum temperature recorded by county-level weather stations is -5 1.5 с, the extreme low temperature recorded by weather stations is -58℃, and the average temperature in July is 18 ~ 20℃, but it has also appeared 30℃.

However, because the legendary "-58℃" was measured by Jingling Checkpoint in genhe city, Inner Mongolia in the early morning of June 5438+February 3 1 2009, and the data was recognized by the professional team of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, genhe city officially became the "China Cold Pole". However, the record has not been officially recognized by the Meteorological Bureau.

Mohe is the coldest place in China in the geography book of People's Education Edition, which is probably related to Mohe's greater fame. After all, genhe city was founded 1994. It used to be a small town with inconvenient transportation, and few people knew about it. As the northernmost part of China, Mohe will be known by more people.