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Written by: Kuang Xiaobin
2020-08-04 17:54
Last update date: 2020-08-04 17:54The Observatory stated today (4th) that July 2020 is the hottest month in Hong Kong since 1884. The average maximum temperature is 33.3 degrees, the average temperature is 30.2 degrees, and the average minimum temperature is 28.3 degrees. The highest record of the value.
The number of hot weather days in July was 20 days, the highest in a single month since records; from July 1 to 31, the hot weather warning continued to be in force for 467 hours, the longest effective time since the warning signal was launched in 2000 Record.
Hong Kong continued to record high temperatures in July 2020, becoming the hottest month in history. (Photo of Observatory Facebook)
A number of values break a hundred-year record
The Observatory today issued a weather review for July 2020, which stated that the stronger subtropical high pressure ridge continued to affect southern China during most of July. It was the hottest month in Hong Kong since records began in 1884. In July, the average maximum temperature of 33.3 degrees, the average temperature of 30.2 degrees, and the average minimum temperature of 28.3 degrees were 1.9 degrees, 1.4 degrees and 1.5 degrees higher than the normal values respectively, and they all became the highest monthly averages since record.
20 days in 31 days are very hot
The number of hot nights in July reached 21 days, the month with the highest number of hot nights on record, and the number of hot weather days was 20 days, the highest in a single month on record. According to the Observatory, due to the continuous fine weather, the last month was also much drier than normal. The total rainfall for the whole month was only 125.4 mm, which was about 33% of the normal value of 376.5 mm. The accumulated rainfall in the first seven months of this year was 1088.8 millimetres, which was about 26% less than the normal value of 1473.3 millimetres in the same period.
From July 11 to July 30, the weather in Hong Kong continued to be generally fine and extremely hot. With plenty of sunshine and breeze, the temperature at the Observatory rose to the highest level of 35.3 degrees in the entire month on July 23. Under the continuous high temperature, the extremely hot weather warning lasted for 467 hours from July 11 to 30, which is the longest effective time record since the warning signal was launched in 2000.
Hong Kong continued to record high temperatures in July 2020, becoming the hottest month in history. (Profile picture)
[Observatory] Very hot weather warning continues to be in effect
[Observatory] The hot weather warning has been in force for more than two weeks, predicting the maximum temperature of 33 degrees in the urban area
Severe heat warning has not been completed for more than 365 hours. The observatory expects to be still very hot until Tuesday, with showers and thunderstorms on Thursday
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The monsoon depression in the South China Sea gradually developed into a tropical depression "Senrak" on the last day of July, and its outer rainband brought squally showers and thunderstorms to Hong Kong. When most areas of the Port of Japan recorded rainfall exceeding 20 mm, the rainfall on Hong Kong Island exceeded 40 mm. Under strong winds and showers, the extreme heat and little rain that continued to affect Hong Kong for more than half a month were finally relieved.
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