Sweltering 2017 puts Hong Kong on track for hottest temperature and highest number of warm nights in its recorded history
City’s weather authority expects year to be one of balmiest ever
Hong Kong is on track to break several new warm weather records this year, including that of the hottest temperature ever recorded and highest number of warm nights.
With three weeks left to the end of the year, weather forecasters expect 2017 to enter the books as one of the balmiest – though not the most. That mark is likely to be kept by the previous year.
The average temperature between September and November was 25.8 degrees Celsius, making it the city’s third-warmest autumn ever.
And like the previous winter, the Observatory expected this year’s season to be warmer than average with fewer cold days – defined as when temperatures drop below 12 degrees.
It remained to be seen, however, how La Nina would manifest. The weather phenomenon occurs when sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean are lower than average.