Temperatures in Hong Kong fall to 10 degrees but ‘blanket’ reduces cooling rate
Observatory says weather on Monday will mainly fine and dry
Temperatures in many parts of Hong Kong fell to about 10 degrees Celsius (50 Fahrenheit) on Sunday morning but a band of cloud covered coastal areas like a “blanket” so it was not as cold as previously expected, the Observatory said.
The city’s weather forecaster issued a cold weather warning at 6am, as it said an intense winter monsoon was bringing very dry weather to the coast of Guangdong province.
“Locally, it was cold this morning. Temperatures in many places fell to around 10 degrees, and significantly lower on high ground,” the Observatory said.
Tai Mo Shan, the city’s highest peak at 957 metres (3,140 feet), recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 3.6 degrees.
The mercury on The Peak, which stands 552 metres above sea level, also fell to as low as 4.4 degrees.