Hong Kong September warmth report damaged twice

Hong Kong has damaged two warmth information for September in just a little over per week, town’s climate observatory mentioned Tuesday, because the crowded monetary hub swelters via one in every of its hottest summers.

The Hong Kong Observatory mentioned a temperature of 35.4 levels Celsius (95.7 Fahrenheit) was recorded on Tuesday afternoon, “as soon as once more breaking the report for highest temperature in September” because the metropolis began preserving information in 1884.

The earlier excessive of 35.3C was set simply final Monday, toppling a report that had stood since 1963.

“As a consequence of dry air from mainland (China), we count on the climate to be sunny and sizzling from this week to early subsequent week,” the observatory added.

Southern China final month recorded its longest steady interval of excessive temperatures since information started greater than 60 years in the past, sparking energy cuts and droughts which have hit the agricultural and manufacturing sectors.

Consultants have mentioned the depth, scope and period of the heatwave might make it some of the extreme recorded in world historical past, with temperatures routinely hitting as much as 40C in lots of provinces final month.

These temperatures in mainland China have since come down.

Intensely humid Hong Kong has skilled much less searing warmth than the mainland however has nonetheless sizzled via an intense summer time.

July was town’s hottest month on report whereas the common temperature from June to August was 29.2C, making it the fourth hottest summer time up to now.

The excessive temperatures have been particularly punishing for the 220,000 poorest residents who dwell in cramped rooftop huts or tiny subdivided flats and “cage houses” that usually have restricted or no air con.

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