Hottest winter on record for Hong Kong

The average daily maximum temperature over the winter was 21.4C, 0.4C higher than normal. (South China Morning Post photo)

It’s official: Hong Kong has just been through its warmest winter on record.

The Observatory said the average temperature between December and February was 19.1C, the highest since records began in 1884, and 0.7C higher than normal.

“Under the influence of global warming and local urbanisation, there has been a very clear trend of Hong Kong’s winter temperatures increasing over a long term,” said Law Hiu-fai, a scientific officer at the Observatory.

“We expect to observe such a trend continuously. There may be more and more record-breaking occurrences of warm weather.”

The past winter also set two other records, for the highest average daily maximum temperature and the highest average daily minimum temperature.

The average daily maximum temperature was 21.4C, 0.4C higher than normal, while the average daily minimum temperature was 17.5C, 1C higher than normal.



