HK hit with hottest day of the year, breaking July's record

Hongkongers faced the hottest weather this year, according to the data from the Hong Kong Observatory on Monday.

An anticyclone aloft is covering southern China. Locally, it was extremely hot in the afternoon. Temperatures over most parts of the territory rose to 35 degrees or above. 

The highest recorded average temperature today by the weather watchdog was 35.4 degrees Celsius, breaking the record for the highest recorded temperature this year, which was recorded back on July 7.

At noon, most of Hong Kong's weather rose to around 34 degrees, with areas such as Sha Tin, Tuen Mun, etc. recording 35 degrees.

Weather in Yuen Long reached 37 degrees, with Sheung Shui recording 38 degrees at 2 pm today, which later increased to 38.9 degrees at around 3 pm.

Upper-air disturbances will bring showers to the coast of Guangdong tomorrow.

Under the influence of an anticyclone aloft, it will be generally fine and persistently very hot over southern China in the middle and latter parts of this week.

With the anticyclone aloft weakening gradually and under the influence of a southwesterly airstream, there will be a few showers over the coast of Guangdong during the weekend to early next week.

Besides, the broad area of low pressure will linger over the seas east of Taiwan in the next few days, bringing unsettled weather to the region.

According to the nine-day weather forecast, it will be 28 to 34 degrees starting from tomorrow until next Sunday, with the temperature hovering around 28 to 34 degrees Celsius.

Showers are also expected in the coming nine days, except from Wednesday to Friday (Aug 7-9), when it will be sunny, and some areas are expected to have squally thunderstorms tomorrow morning (Aug 6).