Taipei: The highest temperature recorded in Taiwan on Sunday reached 38 degrees Celsius at a weather station in Wugu District, New Taipei, as reported by data from the Central Weather Administration (CWA).

According to Focus Taiwan, the CWA issued an advisory on Sunday morning warning that New Taipei would experience temperatures of 36 degrees or higher for three consecutive days. However, the warning was revised at 12:16 p.m. to alert the public of temperatures reaching up to 38 degrees. The peak temperature in Wugu was recorded at 1:20 p.m.

The advisory initially issued for New Taipei also applied to the cities of Taipei, Taoyuan, and Tainan, as well as the counties of Changhua and Yunlin. Shezi in Taipei's Shilin District recorded the second highest temperature of the day at 37.6 degrees, according to CWA data.

In Taipei's Neihu District and Changhua's Puxin Township, both locations registered temperatures of 37.2 degrees. This was followed by 36.8 degrees in New Taipei's Sanxia District and 36.7 degrees in Taoyuan's Luzhu District, as indicated by CWA data.

Within Changhua, Beidou Township experienced temperatures reaching 36.5 degrees, while the townships of Tianwei and Lukang noted temperatures of 36.4 degrees. The CWA forecasts that a rain-bearing system south of Taiwan is expected to move north on Monday and Tuesday, bringing showers and thunderstorms to Pingtung and Taitung counties, with chances of afternoon thunderstorms across Taiwan.

For the upcoming days, temperatures of 26-34 degrees have been predicted for northern Taiwan, 25-33 degrees in central and southern Taiwan, and 25-31 degrees in eastern Taiwan, as per the CWA's forecast.