Temperatures in Hong Kong set to soar over the weekend
Observatory issues its ninth ‘very hot’ weather warning since the start of July
Very hot weather is forecast for Hong Kong on Saturday, with the UV index set to hit a maximum of 12, indicating an “extreme” level of radiation and expected temperatures of between 28 and 33 degrees Celsius, or 82.4 and 91.4 Fahrenheit.
Fine and very hot weather is expected to continue into Sunday, and next week will also see high temperatures, though a few showers are expected, according to updates issued on Friday by the Hong Kong Observatory.
The weather agency said most areas in the city experienced temperatures of about 33 degrees in the afternoon on Friday.
“An anticyclone aloft is bringing mainly fine and very hot weather to the coast of southeastern China,” it said.
At 6.45am on Friday, it issued a very hot weather warning – the ninth between the start of July and Friday – after cancelling the same warning about 12 hours earlier on Thursday evening.
A total of seven very hot weather warnings were issued last year during the same period. Last summer, the maximum temperature in July was 34.8 degrees, one of the highest for the same periods every year since 1884.
