Hong Kong logs hottest day of year so far as mercury hits 34.6 degrees Celsius

The forecaster in July last year recorded a temperature of 36.1 degrees – the highest temperature of that year and the third highest on record.

The Observatory on Wednesday said that the first half of 2024 was “abnormally warm.”

The mean minimum temperature between January and June was 21.4 degrees, the highest on record for the period. The mean maximum temperature of 25.8 degrees was also the second-highest on record.

Forecasters said five of the first six months of the year were warmer than usual.

The city logged nine consecutive days of “very hot weather warnings” last month, which the forecaster said was one of the longest stretches on record for June.

The Observatory said the subtropical ridge was expected to weaken moving into the weekend, but that temperatures would remain very hot over the coast of southern China.

The forecaster predicted sunny periods and a few isolated showers on Saturday. Sunday is expected to be mainly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms.

The temperature is expected to hit 33 degrees over both days, with lows of 28.