customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

moreOnThisArticles

urlAlias

commentCount

sponsorType

authorLocations

authors

paywallTypes

corrections

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

socialHeadline

headline

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

publishedDate

additionalInfoBoxes

images

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

createdDate

sponsor

factSheets

series

knowledgeQuestion

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

copyrighted

customTimezone

liveContents

Willa Wu

Hong Kong is expecting a cooler week ahead, with temperatures dropping to as low as 23 degrees Celsius (73 Fahrenheit) with occasional heavy rain and strong winds.
Sunday also marks Qiufen in the Chinese lunar calendar, which signifies the deepening of autumn, with cooler air masses from the north starting to spread southward.
Qiu means “autumn” and fen means “divide” in Chinese.
The Hong Kong Observatory predicted showers and thunderstorms on Sunday and Monday, influenced by a broad trough of low pressure over the northern part of the South China Sea and a northeast monsoon affecting the coastal area.
“It will be windy [on Monday], showers will be more frequent at times,” the forecaster said. “The minimum temperature will fall to about 23 degrees in the urban areas, and a couple of degrees lower in the New Territories.”
The showers will ease off gradually, with the weather getting brighter in the middle and latter parts of this week.
A tropical depression was also recorded over the Taiwan Strait, with the storm centred about 120km (75 miles) east of Xiamen as of 1pm on Sunday. It is expected to move west-southwest at about 10km/h (6mph), edging closer to the coast of Fujian.
The Observatory earlier said that their latest assessment indicated that there could still be three to five tropical cyclones entering a 500-kilometre radius of Hong Kong during the remainder of the year.
The forecaster said in a blog post in August that while the city had experienced fewer tropical cyclones between January and July as the El Niño weather pattern weakened, the number of such storms this year would not be significantly lower than normal.
It added that the city was prone to tropical cyclones from May to October, and some years had seen the wind season extend into November or later.
“Therefore, we must wait and see how the second half of the wind season will unfold. In any case, everyone should be prepared for the rest of the wind season,” it said.

Hong Kong experienced an exceptionally hot August. The monthly mean temperature was 29.6 degrees, 0.9 degrees above normal.
Eighteen hot nights were logged in August, the highest on record for the month.
August was also drier than usual with a total rainfall of 261.5mm, about 58 per cent of the normal figure of 453.2mm.
Earlier this week, the Observatory logged a temperature of 35.7 degrees at its Tsim Sha Tsui headquarters on Tuesday afternoon, the hottest Mid-Autumn Festival since records began in 1884.


Hong Kong can expect cooler week ahead after Mid-Autumn sizzle, with rain and strong winds

Hong Kong Observatory cancels amber rainstorm signal after less than an hour

Hong Kong to get taste of autumn with temperature to fall to 24 degrees, but heat will return

Hong Kong issues amber rainstorm alert for 2 hours as downpours dampen Mid-Autumn Festival

Hong Kong weather

Visitors along the waterfront at West Kowloon Art Park on a rainy day. Photo: Eugene Lee

The Observatory earlier warned residents to “wait and see” how the second half of the wind season would unfold. Photo: Jelly Tse

The forecaster warned of possible flooding in an earlier update. Photo: Edmond So

Lightning flashes above Hong Kong’s famed harbour on Tuesday evening. Photo: Eugene Lee

Lightning flashes in the Hong Kong night sky. Photo: Eugene Lee

News

Hong Kong

Society

Observatory says temperatures on Monday set to drop to as low as 23 degrees in urban areas and a couple of degrees lower in New Territories


Observatory says temperatures on Monday set to drop to as low as 23 degrees in urban areas and a couple of degrees lower in New Territories.


Extreme weather

Hong Kong environmental issues

Weather