Hong Kong logs warmest winter on record, averaging 2 degrees Celsius above normal
Hong Kong experienced its warmest winter on record between December and February, according to the city’s forecaster, with a mean temperature of 19.3 degrees Celsius (67 Fahrenheit) – two degrees above normal. The Hong Kong Observatory on Tuesday also attributed the unseasonably warm February to a weaker-than-normal northeast monsoon over southern China for most of…
Hong Kong experienced its warmest winter on record between December and February, according to the city’s forecaster, with a mean temperature of 19.3 degrees Celsius (67 Fahrenheit) – two degrees above normal.
The Hong Kong Observatory on Tuesday also attributed the unseasonably warm February to a weaker-than-normal northeast monsoon over southern China for most of the month, resulting in a mean temperature of 20.1 degrees, three degrees above normal.
“Together with the well-above-normal temperatures in December 2025 and warmer than usual weather during January 2026, Hong Kong experienced the warmest winter on record from December 2025 to February 2026,” an Observatory spokesman said.
The city’s first recorded winter was between the end of 1884 and the start of 1885.
The spokesman added that there were only five cold days this winter – the joint third-lowest number on record – and that the rainfall brought by a trough of low pressure on the last day of February made it “slightly wetter than usual”.
Total rainfall for the month was 41.6mm (1.6 inches), about 7 per cent above the normal 38.9mm. The accumulated rainfall recorded during the first two months of the year was 44.8mm, about 38 per cent below the normal 71.9mm for the same period.
