[national Climate Center: a total of 446 national weather stations reached or exceeded the historical extreme temperature in May] the China Meteorological Administration held a press conference in June on the 2nd. Introducing the weather and climate characteristics of the country in May, Gao Rong, deputy director of the National Climate Center, said that the temperature is low and the precipitation is low. In May, the national average temperature was 16.3 ℃, which was 0.2 ℃ lower than that in the same period of normal year. The daily maximum temperature of 446 national weather stations reached or exceeded the historical extreme value in May, of which 77 stations such as Qiaojia (44.4 ℃) and Yuanmou (43 ℃) in Yunnan reached or broke through the historical extreme value. The national average precipitation is 57.4 mm, 18.4% less than that of the same period in normal years. A total of 37 national weather stations have reached or exceeded the historical extreme values in May, including Shaowu (275.1 mm) in Fujian, Yihuang (258.1 mm) in Jiangxi and Xiuwen (228.3 mm) in Guizhou.