Cooler days for rest of week

Temperatures will be cooler for the remainder of the week after the city was hit by a thunderstorm on Tuesday. 

Shanghai was still under the control of a warm air mass and the mercury reached 25 degrees Celsius in the morning.

However, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau issued two yellow alerts for gales and lightning at 12:13pm. Rain later reached up to 30 millimeters per hour.

The Shanghai Road Administration Bureau dispatched more than 3,000 workers to deal with incidents such as fallen tree branches, blocked sewers and street flooding. By 5pm, the condition of local roads had mostly returned to normal.

On Wednesday and Thursday, it will be cloudy to overcast with the mercury ranging between 11 and 14 degrees. On Friday it will climb to 18 degrees.

There will be showers late Saturday with the temperature at 20 degrees. Showers will continue on Sunday with the temperature at 18 degrees.