This year was the hottest since recordkeeping began in Taiwan in 1897, with the average temperature reaching 24.97°C, the Central Weather Administration said today.
Many weather stations recorded record highs this year, Weather Forecast Center Director Chen Yi-liang (陳怡良) told a news conference on the year’s weather trends.
Under the effects of climate change, the global average temperature was 1.28°C higher than the 100-year average and reached a 145-year high, Chen said.
Photo: Taipei Times
Taiwan’s average annual temperature of 24.97°C as of Sunday was 1.66°C higher than the 100-year average, he said.
The previous record high was 24.91°C set in 2020, he said.
April was the hottest month compared with previous records, with eight weather stations around the nation recording record highs that month, Chen added.
Photo courtesy of the Central Weather Administration
Only this month was colder than average, by 0.5°C, he said.
Rainfall amounts this year were about average, although the distribution was uneven, Chen said.
Spring and plum rains were particularly light this year, while the summer and autumn saw more rain than usual due to typhoons and the effect of low-pressure systems, he said.
The northern coast, mountainous areas in Taipei, and the central and southern regions saw more rain than usual, while other areas saw less, he said.
A total of 26 typhoons formed in the northwest Pacific this year, about on par with the 25.4 average, Chen said.
Four typhoon warnings were issued, three of which included land warnings, he said.
The autumn saw 15 typhoons, the third-most since recordkeeping began following 1964 (19 storms), 2013 (16 storms) and 2019 (16 storms), and higher than then average of 10.8, he added.
Looking ahead to new year, Chen said that from next month to March, the agency is forecasting close-to-average temperatures and normal-to-slightly-low rainfall, particularly in the central and southern regions, which are set to experience a dry season over the winter.
Additional reporting by CNA
China has reserved offshore airspace in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea from March 27 to May 6, issuing alerts usually used to warn of military exercises, although no such exercises have been announced, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported yesterday. Reserving such a large area for 40 days without explanation is an “unusual step,” as military exercises normally only last a few days, the paper said. These alerts, known as Notice to Air Missions (Notams), “are intended to inform pilots and aviation authorities of temporary airspace hazards or restrictions,” the article said. The airspace reserved in the alert is
NAMING SPAT: The foreign ministry called on Denmark to propose an acceptable solution to the erroneous nationality used for Taiwanese on residence permits Taiwan has revoked some privileges for Danish diplomatic staff over a Danish permit that lists “Taiwan” as “China,” Eric Huang (黃鈞耀), head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of European Affairs, told a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Reporters asked Huang whether the Danish government had responded to the ministry’s request that it correct the nationality on Danish residence permits of Taiwanese, which has been listed as “China” since 2024. Taiwan’s representative office in Denmark continues to communicate with the Danish government, and the ministry has revoked some privileges previously granted to Danish representatives in Taiwan and would continue to review
More than 6,000 Taiwanese students have participated in exchange programs in China over the past two years, despite the Mainland Affairs Council’s (MAC) “orange light” travel advisory, government records showed. The MAC’s publicly available registry showed that Taiwanese college and university students who went on exchange programs across the Strait numbered 3,592 and 2,966 people respectively. The National Immigration Agency data revealed that 2,296 and 2,551 Chinese students visited Taiwan for study in the same two years. A review of the Web sites of publicly-run universities and colleges showed that Taiwanese higher education institutions continued to recruit students for Chinese educational programs without
China has reserved offshore airspace over the Yellow Sea and East China Sea from March 27 to May 6, issuing alerts that are usually used to warn of military exercises, although no such exercises have been announced, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Sunday. Reserving such a large area for 40 days without explanation is an “unusual step,” as military exercises normally only last a few days, the paper said. The alerts, known as notice to air missions (NOTAMs), “are intended to inform pilots and aviation authorities of temporary airspace hazards or restrictions,” the article said. The airspace reserved in the alert
RSS