TAIPEI, June 29 (Xinhua): Taipei has recorded its hottest day in June since the city's weather station came into being in 1896, Taiwan's weather department said Monday.
The temperature rose to 38.9 degrees Celsius in the city at noon Monday, due to a Pacific high-pressure system, prevailing hot, dry southwesterly winds, and the geographical features of the Taipei Basin, the weather department said.
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