Winter monsoon to push Hong Kong temperatures to 10 degrees in coming days
Weather is also expected to be very dry, leading to larger daily temperature swings, senior scientific officer says
Hong Kong will experience cooler weather over the next couple of days, with temperatures set to fall to as low as 10 degrees Celsius (50 Fahrenheit) under the influence of a winter monsoon and a widening gap in daily readings.
“Under the persistent influence of the winter monsoon, it will be cold in the morning from Wednesday to Friday,” the Hong Kong Observatory said on Tuesday evening.
“The minimum temperature will be around 10 to 11 degrees in the urban areas and a few degrees lower in the New Territories.”
Earlier in the day, Observatory senior scientific officer Tong Yu-fai said that as the monsoon eased over the weekend and early next week, the morning temperatures in urban areas would rebound to 13 to 14 degrees.
The forecaster issued a cold weather warning at 4.20pm on Monday, less than two days after cancelling the previous one on January 3. A strong monsoon alert followed at 8.10pm, signalling winds exceeding 40km/h (24.8mph).
The weather will also be very dry in the coming days, leading to larger daily temperature swings, according to Tong.