Summer in November? Hong Kong hits 27.6 degrees for hottest ‘Light Snow’ day in 55 years
Observatory still forecasts monsoon to bring cooler temperatures to city later this week
A change of weather will bring relief tomorrow to an unusually warm Hong Kong, after the city sweated through its hottest "Light Snow" day in 55 years.
According to the Chinese calendar, every November 22 - or "Light Snow" day - was supposed to mark a turn towards the winter season and signal the first snowfall to farmers in the greater China region.
Temperatures reached 27.6 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the hottest day since 1960, when it was a blistering 28.2 degrees, according to the Observatory.
Data tracing back almost seven decades show yesterday's temperature was above the average of about 23 degrees.
But cool weather due to arrive tomorrow with an intense northeast monsoon will bring significantly lower temperatures, which could dip to 16 degrees on Thursday, the lowest since April.
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Observatory scientific officer Ho Chun-kit said that November had been warmer than average this year because of warm easterly air streams that affected the city for longer periods than usual.