BEIJING, Sept. 4, 2021 (BSS/Xinhua) - This summer Beijing saw unusually
heavy rainfall, with the figure 65.2 percent above normal, the National
Climate Center said.
Beijing received 626.9 mm of rainfall this summer, the third-highest figure
since 1961, behind only 1969 and 1994, said Jia Xiaolong, deputy director of
the center.
Rainfall in northern China hit 421.4 mm this summer, 33.9 percent above
normal, and the largest figure since 1995, he said.