hot hot hot!

Westernmost China's Xinjiang region was under a blistering heatwave Sunday, with the mercury hitting as high as 44.8 degrees Celsius (112.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Turpan city, a local official said. (article)

Yikes, it's getting too hot too soon... normally the temperatures don't go up that high until July. I'm working out of Shanghai for this month but it's not much better here; muggy, humid and oppressive. Perhaps Xinjiang has grown on me too much.