The Hong Kong Observatory announced that the city experienced its highest temperatures so far this year, with its headquarters at Tsim Sha Tsui logging a high of 35.4 degrees Celsius. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the territory’s weather forecaster said that its station at Sheung Shui recorded a maximum temperature of 38.9 degrees — the “hottest August ever on record at the station”. The city is currently under a Very Hot Weather Warning, which is issued when temperatures exceed 33 degrees.
The meteorological body attributes this extremely hot weather to a high-altitude anticyclone, and predicts that the weather will remain “generally fine and persistently very hot over southern China in the middle and latter parts of this week”. However, once the anticyclone aloft weakens, there will be a few showers during the weekend and early next week. Temperatures will range from 28 degrees-34 degrees between today and August 14.
Last week, the Hong Kong Observatory revealed that July 2024 had been exceptionally hot, with the mean minimum temperature (28 degrees), monthly mean temperature (29.9 degrees), and mean maximum temperature (32.4 degrees) all above the monthly norms and among the highest ever recorded for July. In addition, the forecaster expects that temperatures for August 2024 will be “normal to above-normal”, due to climate warming.
For more weather updates, visit the Hong Kong Observatory website.
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