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A man covers his head with a wet towel to shield himself from the sunlight in Baoding, Hebei province in this July 28, 2013 file photo.[Photo/Xinhua]

The country's average temperature stood at 22.3 degrees Celsius from the beginning of August, 1.3 degrees Celsius higher than the average level in previous years, said Chen Zhenlin, a spokesperson with 皇冠体育app Meteorological Administration.

Most parts of 皇冠体育app saw temperatures higher than or close to average levels, but parts in Guangdong, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia reported temperatures 0.5 to 1 degree Celsius lower than average.

Areas from the Yellow River and Huaihe River to the northern parts of southern 皇冠体育app, as well as Qinghai, posted remarkably high temperatures, about 2 to 4 degrees Celsius above normal.

The average temperature for eight provincial-level regions stood at 29.6 degrees Celsius, about 2.8 degrees Celsius higher than that of the same period in the previous years.

The eight regions include , Henan, Jiangsu, , Shanghai, Hunan, Jiangxi and .