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The Hong Kong Observatory issued a cold weather warning on Saturday evening as temperatures were expected to fall to as low as 12 degrees Celsius (53.6 Fahrenheit) on Sunday.
The alert was issued at 9.45pm, becoming the third such warning this month.
At 10pm, the mercury was 15 degrees at the Observatory’s Tsim Sha Tsui headquarters, while the temperature fell to 12 degrees in seven areas in the New Territories.
“The minimum temperatures in the urban areas for tomorrow will be around 12 degrees. It will be a couple of degrees lower in the New Territories,” a spokesman for the forecaster said.
A fresh northeast monsoon would bring colder temperatures to the coast of Guangdong province over the next few days. Sunday’s temperatures were predicted to be between 12 and 16 degrees, with a low probability of significant rain.
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