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Written by: Huang Weilun
2020-09-02 16:44
Last update date: 2020-09-02 16:44
The hot August has just passed. The Observatory said today (2nd) that this year Hong Kong has experienced the hottest summer since records began in 1884.
From June to August this year, the average temperature, average minimum temperature and average maximum temperature were as high as 29.6 degrees, 27.7 degrees, and 32.6 degrees, which are the highest in the history of the Hong Kong Observatory.
In August this year, the number of hot weather days in Hong Kong reached 16 days, which is also the most August month on record.
The Observatory today released the "August 2020 Weather Review", stating that in August, the sea surface temperature in the northern part of the South China Sea was higher than normal, so Hong Kong was hotter than normal, with an average temperature of 29 degrees, 0.4 degrees higher than the normal value of 28.6 degrees.
The Observatory continued to point out that together with the extreme high temperature weather in June and July this year, Hong Kong experienced the hottest summer on record from June to August this year, with an average temperature of 29.6 degrees, an average minimum temperature of 27.7 degrees, and an average maximum temperature of 32.6 degrees. , The three are the highest in the same period since record.
According to the Observatory, the number of hot days in August is 16 days, which is the most hot day in August on record.
In addition, the cumulative number of hot weather days from January to August this year has reached 43 days, which is 32.8 days longer than the normal value, and has broken the old record of 38 days in 2016.
In addition, the number of hot nights as of August reached 46 days, tied with the highest record set in 2019.
Rainfall in the first eight months of this year was nearly 20% less than normal
In terms of rainfall, the rainfall recorded in August this year was 448.4 mm, which was 4% higher than the normal value of 432.2 mm. If the cumulative data from January to August is integrated, the total rainfall in the first August of this year was 1537.2 mm, which was about 19 mm lower than the normal value of 1905.5 mm in the same period. %.
The Observatory also pointed out that in August this year, a total of eight tropical cyclones affected the South China Sea and the western North Pacific.
Hong Kong continues to be very hot with showers, tropical cyclone Mesak hits South Korea today and tomorrow, and the sea god will hit Japan
[Observatory] Continued extreme heat up to 34°C, showers and thunderstorms in some areas
The Observatory told residents of 80 kilometers per hour strong winds to hit Lantau Island and Toungoo, New Territories to a safe place
[Observatory] The highest temperature today is 34°C and there will be thunderstorms in some areas later
The Observatory predicts that the hotter rainfall in autumn will be higher than the La Niña phenomenon has no obvious impact
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