Perched at an altitude of 4,800 meters in Amdo County, Nagqu City, Xizang, a weather station where the annual average temperature stays below 0℃, the lowest recorded temperature is -43.2℃, air pressure drops to less than 60% of sea level and gale-force winds (above scale 8) blow for 146 days a year is renowned as the "The world’s No.1 weather station". 

Photo: Xizang Business Daily

Editor: Zhang Shu, Peng Qing

Translator: Zheng Yujie, Liu Fang

Reviewer: Drakpa Wangchen, Zhang Qi