Before the Dragon Boat Festival in June, we were fortunate that the year's weather to date could be described as pleasant. But the unhappy truth struck at the beginning of July with a steep increase in temperatures. Xiaoshu (little heat), the 11th solar term of the Chinese calendar, was yet to begin when Taipei City was hit by a heatwave with maximums climbing above 37oC for five consecutive days.
6 月端午節前，大家還在慶幸今年天候尚稱溫和舒適，怎知 7 月一到，溫度就一路狂飆，節氣「小暑」還未到，台北市就出現了連續 5 天超過 37 ℃最高溫的熱浪，甚至還出現 38.6℃的高溫，追平氣象史上 7 月的高溫紀錄。