China’s Xinjiang battles harshest cold spell in over six decades

The most severely affected areas will include parts of Inner Mongolia, northeastern China, the central province of Hubei and Hunan in the south.

Temperatures broke a 64-year-old record in China’s far western region of Xinjiang, plunging to a bone-chilling minus 52.3 degrees Celsius (minus 63.4 degrees Fahrenheit) amid a cold spell and traffic disruptions following the Lunar New Year holiday.