Cold

5 Jan 2013

China Meteorological Administration says the country’s average temperature has hit the lowest in 28 years this winter, as snow and ice throughout China have closed highways, cancelled flights and...

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More than 100 die in historic Indian cold snap

4 Jan 2013

More than 100 people have died of exposure as northern India deals with historically cold temperatures.

11:08AM

Coldest Christmas Eve in 12 years to bring hardship to Hongkongers in poverty

24 Dec 2012

Hong Kong is facing its coldest Christmas Eve for 12 years, raising the prospect of a bleak festive period for the city's estimated 1.2 million people living in poverty.

8:17AM

City temperatures to remain low

13 Jan 2010

The weather will remain cold today and tomorrow. The Observatory forecasts the minimum temperature will be about 10 degrees Celsius this morning in urban areas, and a few degrees lower in the New...

5:36AM

Front brings cold snap with 8-degree drop

28 Dec 2009

The mercury took a nosedive from 19 degrees Celsius in the morning to 11 degrees in some areas yesterday. The Observatory issued a cold-weather warning at about 4.20am as a front crossed...

5:32AM

Observatory signals end of cold spell

20 Nov 2009

6:06PM

Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Temperature drops to a record low

The mercury dropped to a low of 9.7 degrees Celsius yesterday morning - the coldest November 18 recorded in urban areas since records began in 1883.

And in Tsuen Wan, the cold spell...

6:22AM

Urban areas shiver on coldest day

The lowest urban temperature this winter, 9.8 degrees Celsius, was recorded early yesterday - and temperatures are expected to fall further. Minimums averaged 10 degrees in urban areas and 8...

4:39AM

Public urged to be cautious during cold spell

The Observatory has reminded the public to be cautious, saying temperatures in the New Territories could drop to around 10 degrees Celsius. Last night, the temperature dropped under 20 degrees...

4:27AM

February was coldest in 40 years

Hong Kong experienced its coldest February in 40 years, with a monthly mean temperature of 13.3 degrees Celsius, three degrees below average. The month's rainfall was 27.5mm, 47 per cent below...

9:24PM

Mercury to drop as cold front moves in

The temperature is forecast to drop to 12 degrees Celsius tomorrow under the influence of a cold front moving over inland Guangdong that is expected to reach coastal areas today.

8:32PM

Longest cold snap in 40 years to keep city shivering into next week

Hong Kong's has shivered through its longest cold spell in 40 years - and forecasters say the chilly weather will continue for at least another week.

The minimum temperature is...

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