Hong Kong experienced hottest April on record

The Hong Kong Observatory on Friday said Hong Kong has just experienced the warmest April on record, with the hottest day reaching almost 32 degrees Celsius. The monthly mean temperature was 26.4 degrees – 3.4 degrees higher than usual. The observatory said the hot weather was down to a warmer than normal sea surface temperature and unusually strong southerly air flows over the northern part of the South China Sea. “Affected by an anticyclone aloft and the subsequent southerly airstream, it was generally fine and hot during the day from April 11 to 17. With plenty of sunshine, the temperatures at the observatory rose to a maximum of 31.9 degrees on the afternoon of April 13, the highest of the month,” it said. The forecaster added that the SAR was also a lot wetter than usual last month, with total rainfall of 257.1 millimetres – almost 70 percent more than usual.