Frost warning for New Year’s Day, sub-zero temperatures on Hong Kong’s highest peak as ‘intense cold surge’ grips city
- Temperatures on Tai Mo Shan hovered between 0 and minus 1 degrees Celsius in the early hours, according to the Hong Kong Observatory
- ‘Winter monsoon’ to keep temperatures between 8 and 14 degrees on New Year’s Day, while frost expected at higher elevations and in parts of New Territories
The Hong Kong Observatory on Thursday issued a frost warning for January 1 for elevated areas and the northern New Territories, as residents woke up on New Year’s Eve to some of the lowest temperatures of the season.
The Observatory said farmers and others should be aware of the impending ground frost on New Year’s Day, while the mercury on the last day of 2020 ranged from a high of 13 to a low of 8.1 degrees Celsius – the coldest temperature recorded so far this winter in the city’s more populous, low-lying areas.
Meanwhile, overnight on Tai Mo Shan, the city’s highest point, some Hongkongers were seen enjoying the cold weather as temperatures dropped as low as minus 1.2 degrees.
According to the Observatory, temperatures on the mountain hovered between 0 and minus 1 degrees from midnight to 5am.
The city’s weather forecaster also predicted a temperature range of 8 to 14 degrees on New Year’s Day, which it attributed to the influence of an “intense cold surge”.
