A winter chill lingered over Hong Kong on Thursday morning, with temperatures dropping to 12 degrees Celsius across the city and to as low as 5.9 degrees in some northern districts under clear skies and significant radiative cooling.
The Hong Kong Observatory recorded minimum temperatures of 10 degrees or below in many districts. Ta Kwu Ling bore the brunt of the cold snap, hitting a low of 5.9 degrees, while Sheung Shui saw the mercury fall to 9.1 degrees.
While the cold weather and red fire danger alerts remained in force, the weather forecaster cancelled the frost warning at 7.45am.
Despite sub-six-degree temperatures in the north, no significant icing was reported on farmland in areas such as Tai Mo Shan and Sheung Shui.
“Under the persistent influence of a dry winter monsoon, the weather will be generally fine with cold mornings over Guangdong [on Thursday and Friday]. With the monsoon moderating slightly over the weekend, temperatures will rise slightly over southern China, but it will still be cool in the morning,” the Observatory said.
