The mean temperature for June was 29.4 degrees Celsius, 1.5 degrees higher than normal, making it the second hottest June on record, the Hong Kong Observatory said today.
The mean maximum temperature of 32.4 degrees and minimum temperature of 27.5 degrees were the highest and the second highest for June on record.
Hong Kong was affected by a heat wave that lasted nine days. Under light wind conditions and prolonged sunshine, daily maximum temperatures soared above 35 degrees Celsius for four consecutive days, breaking the previous record of three consecutive days in 1963.
Total rainfall was 347.4mm, 24% below the normal figure of 456.1mm.
The accumulated rainfall of 1,232.8mm since January was 12% above normal.
