Warmest New Year's Day in Beijing for six decades
By Hou Liqiang and Wang Qian | China Daily | Updated: 2014-01-02 07:28
Beijing's warmest New Year's Day in decades saw people flood outdoors on Wednesday, the first day of 2014.
According to the Beijing meteorological bureau, the capital's temperature was 12.8 C at about 2 pm on Wednesday, the warmest since 1951.
There have only been five times since 1951 that Beijing's first winter snowfall took place in the new year.
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