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Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Central and South China experienced an extremely hot midsummer in 2017. The cover design was reproduced from a picture of one such hot midsummer day in the downtown area of Shanghai. Xujiahui Station in Shanghai recorded a maximum temperature of 40.9°C on 21 July 2017, breaking the record held since 1873.

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<em>Advances in Atmospheric Sciences</em>

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