The Hong Kong Observatory yesterday cancelled its 'very hot' warning after six days - the longest period it had been in force since the system was introduced in 1999.
The warning was issued on July 1 and had been in force for 131 hours. A maximum temperature of 33.6 degrees Celsius, the hottest so far this year, was recorded at the Observatory on July 3. The previous longest warning, which lasted for 97 hours, was recorded last June.
The hot weather warning is issued if the Observatory expects the temperature to reach 33 degrees or above.
An Observatory spokesman said the hot weather would continue for the next few days.
He said the maximum temperature in urban areas would be around 32 degrees and about 33 degrees in the New Territories.
The spokesman said the weather started to improve at the end of last month with a ridge of high pressure extending from the western Pacific, leaving Hong Kong with extremely hot weather and abundant sunshine.