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Hong Kong logs hottest day of year so far as temperature climbs to nearly 32 degrees Celsius

  • Observatory records maximum temperature of 31.9 degrees in afternoon
  • First ‘hottest day of the year’ in 2023 came on April 12, when mercury rose to 29.2 degrees

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People walk through Admiralty. The forecaster said Saturday’s temperatures were due to an anticyclone bringing fine and hot weather to the coastal areas of Guangdong province. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
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Hong Kong logged its hottest day of the year so far on Saturday as the mercury climbed to nearly 32 degrees Celsius (89.6 Fahrenheit), a temperature even higher than around this time last year.

The Observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 31.9 degrees in the afternoon. The first “hottest day of the year” in 2023 came on April 12, when the temperature rose to 29.2 degrees.

The forecaster said Saturday’s temperatures were due to an anticyclone bringing fine and hot weather to the coastal areas of Guangdong province. An anticyclone is a system of winds that rotate about a centre of high atmospheric pressure clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern one.
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Nine locations across the New Territories and Kowloon recorded a temperature of 30 degrees at 4pm, including Yuen Long in the New Territories and Kowloon City.

The forecaster said the city would remain hot on Sunday, with the minimum temperature expected to hit 25 degrees in the morning. But sporadic showers in the middle and latter part of next week could also be expected.

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