Wet days and cold nights kept Hong Kong gloomy in March – and the city’s meteorologists say there could be more on the way.
Temperatures were almost two degrees lower than average, the city’s equal coldest start to spring in more than a decade, with double the normal rainfall for the year.
Events such as Taste of Hong Kong had to contend with plunging temperatures and rain as dehumidifiers were switched on across the city to deal with above average humidity.
A ferry in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. Photo: Reuters
“The cold, humid weather will continue, and the situation will last for a couple of a days at least into April,” Hong Kong Observatory chief experimental officer Li Kin-wai said.
As of March 31, the mean temperature for the month was 17.4 degrees, almost two degrees below the usual monthly average of 19.1 degrees.
