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Hong Kong logs hottest day of year so far as mercury climbs to nearly 32 degrees Celsius
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Hong Kong logged its hottest day of the year so far on Saturday as the mercury climbed to nearly 32 degrees Celsius (89.6 Fahrenheit), a temperature even higher than around this time last year.
The Observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 31.9 degrees in the afternoon. The first “hottest day of the year” in 2023 came on April 12, when the temperature rose to 29.2 degrees.
Hong Kong braces for another sweltering year, with 5 to 8 typhoons predicted
Hong Kong braces for another sweltering year, with 5 to 8 typhoons predicted
The forecaster said Saturday’s temperatures were due to an anticyclone bringing fine and hot weather to the coastal areas of Guangdong province. An anticyclone is a system of winds that rotate about a centre of high atmospheric pressure clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern one.