We probably could have surmised it after that one time we spent five minutes unsticking our bare thighs from a searing taxi seat, but guess what: July was so sweltering hot that it tied with July 2014 for being Hong Kong’s hottest on record.
(FYI, June was the second hottest on record – after June 2015.)
Last month saw unusually torrid weather, with the average temperature of 29.8 degrees one whole degree higher than the normal 28.8 degrees.
It was uncharacteristically dry, with Hong Kong getting only half the amount of rain it usually gets in July. Parched residents only got 175.9 millimetres of rainfall, less than half of the usual 376.5 millimetres. (But Typhoon Nida sure made up for that lack of rain!)
So far, Hong Kong has seen 4 percent less rain in 2016 than normal, with only 1408.7-millimetres of showers.
… #climatechange
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