Yellow fire danger warning: the countryside is dry and hill fires start easily.
Do not light fires or drop cigarette ends while hiking, and report any smoke you see.
Summary
Observatory readings at 7:20am
Thermometer says
Feels like
Calculated from the temperature, relative humidity percentage and wind speed.Humidity
Sunny
28°
31.4°
69%
At TST Observatory
An settled weather system aloft is bringing generally fine weather to Guangdong.
under 30% chance of rain
Outlook: Mainly fine. Dry and very hot during the day with a maximum temperature of around 33 degrees in the urban areas, and a couple of degrees higher in the New Territories. Becoming cloudy with isolated showers later. Light to moderate east to northeasterly winds.
Air quality
Moderate risk
Rain in the past hour
Dry - no rain in the last hour
No district recorded meaningful rain.
Wind
Light air, barely noticeable
Li Ka-shing's shieldLocal legend suggests billionaire Li Ka-shing deploys a magical force field to block weekday typhoons so nobody misses work. To ensure economic productivity, typhoons are encouraged to visit the city outside of office hours.
On Standby: No typhoons
Hiking indexOur own rating for the hills right now, combining heat stress, the chance of rain, visibility, sun strength and any lightning recorded in the past hour.
Good
Great day out - warm and sticky.
Beach indexOur own rating for a beach day, combining government beach water grades, red tide sightings, sun strength, wind, air temperature and the chance of rain.
Great
Go - mixed water quality, low oxygen in some waters.
Temperatures
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Today's high
33°
Today's low
28°
Sun strength
No reading
Mould riskRisk of mould, damp and dust mites, worked out from humidity, air temperature and recent rainfall.
Low
RecordsBased on 66 years of daily records.
Highest Sep 20 temp: 31.9°C in 1982 - today's high is 1.1° above it. Lowest Sep 20 temp: 20.2°C in 1971.
The next nine days
A few showers and sunny intervals in the next couple of days. Mainly fine during the day apart from isolated showers midweek this week.
Sunday
20 Sept
33° / 28°
Mainly fine. Dry and very hot during the day. Becoming cloudy with isolated showers later.
Rain is unlikely (under 30%) · Barely a breath of wind
Monday
21 Sept
31° / 27°
Mainly cloudy with a few showers and isolated thunderstorms. Sunny intervals during the day.
A shower or two possible (about 30-45%) · Barely a breath of wind
Tuesday
22 Sept
31° / 27°
Mainly cloudy with a few showers. Sunny intervals during the day.
A shower or two possible (about 30-45%) · Barely a breath of wind
Wednesday
23 Sept
31° / 27°
Sunny periods and isolated showers.
Rain is unlikely (under 30%) · Noticeable breeze
Thursday
24 Sept
31° / 27°
Mainly fine. Cloudy periods in the morning and at night.
Rain is unlikely (under 30%) · Noticeable breeze
Friday
25 Sept
31° / 27°
Mainly cloudy with isolated showers. Sunny periods during the day.
Rain is unlikely (under 30%) · Gentle breeze
Hong Kong live
Live rain radar
Air quality right now
Moderate risk - city average score 3.5
Fine for most people. Anyone with heart or lung trouble should take it easy outdoors.
Big dots are neighbourhood monitors, small dashed dots sit beside busy roads. Green is clean air, red means people with heart or lung trouble should stay in. Readings from the Environmental Protection Department.
Beach and sea water quality
No red tide reported in Hong Kong waters today.
Oxygen in the sea is low for fish at NM3-Pillar Point, EM2-Tathong Channel.
Green and yellow dots are swimming beaches; small dots show how much oxygen the sea holds for fish (blue is healthy, amber low, red too low). Bright red dots are red tides happening now, faded ones have passed. Beach and sea water readings from the Environmental Protection Department, red tide reports from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.
Tropical cyclones
- Distance:
- 2,474 km to the east
- Closest approach:
- already moving away
- Movement:
- north-west at 15 km/h, winds 120 km/h
Tap a storm name to centre the map on it. Closest approach and signal likelihood are our own estimates from the forecast track, not Observatory forecasts.
Right now, in detail
How clear the air is
Clear
Clearest view stretches about 22 km.
Air pressure
Normal
High pressure usually means calm weather, low pressure means storms.
Warmest and coolest spots
7.4° difference
Kai Tak Runway Park is warmest at 28.4°, Tai Mo Shan coolest at 21°.
Astro
Tides around Hong Kong
High 02:45 (2.1 m) · Low 12:33 (0.9 m)
High 02:50 (2.2 m) · Low 12:35 (0.9 m)
High 02:58 (2.3 m) · Low 12:59 (0.8 m)
High 02:39 (2.1 m) · Low 12:30 (0.9 m)
High 02:26 (2.1 m) · Low 12:36 (0.9 m)
High 03:02 (2.2 m) · Low 12:31 (0.9 m)
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