Hong Kong may experience its warmest Lunar New Year’s Eve since records began in 1884, with temperatures projected to reach 28 degrees Celsius (82.4 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday.
The Hong Kong Observatory indicated that temperatures will likely range from 22 to 28 degrees Celsius.
The previous record for the warmest Lunar New Year’s Eve was 27.8 degrees in 1953, according to the forecaster, which has been logging climate data since 1884.
At 8.30am on Monday, the Observatory recorded a minimum temperature of 22 degrees, the highest on record for a Lunar New Year’s Eve.
“It will be hot during the day, with a maximum temperature of around 28 degrees in urban areas and a couple of degrees higher in the New Territories. One or two light rain patches are expected tonight,” it said.
On Sunday, the penultimate day of the current lunar year, the temperature reached 26.9 degrees, matching the record high for that day set in 2010.
Looking ahead, the forecaster said there would be one or two light rain patches on Tuesday, the first day of the Lunar New Year, adding that it would be windy with slightly lower temperatures.
Temperatures from Tuesday to Thursday, the first three days of the Lunar New Year, are expected to range between 18 and 22 degrees.
