Hong Kong: mega cities, mega heat.
<p><strong>Hong Kong is heating up.</strong> According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the city is seeing a significant long-term warming trend, which data from 2017 and 2018 confirm: 2017 was warmer than usual, <strong>with 41 hot nights [above 28°C] and 29 very hot days [above 33°C], ranking the highest and the sixth highest on record respectively.</strong> The 2018 ‘warm season’ opened with t<strong>he hottest May on record since 1885 — with temperatures hitting 36.7°C.</strong></p>
<p>Is this all down to climate change? We asked Lee Sai-ming, senior scientific officer for the Hong Kong Observatory to explain.</p>
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