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The total land area of Hong Kong is 1,076 square kilometres, but about 75% of this land is open countryside, [1] which contains more than 2600 species of vascular plants, about 450 species of birds, about 200 species of butterflies, about 100 species of dragonflies, 40 species of mammals, 80 species of reptiles and more than 20 species of amphibians, including some that are endemic to the ...
On 24 January, the temperature at the Hong Kong Observatory fell to 3.1 °C (37.6 °F), [2] the coldest in 59 years. [3] Hundreds of people hiked up Tai Mo Shan for sightseeing, where temperatures fell to a record low of −6.0 °C (21.2 °F). Many were also on Tai Mo Shan participating in a 100 km marathon.
This is a selected list of cities around the world with their average monthly precipitation in litres per ... Hong Kong: China: 2,431.3 33.2 38.9 75.3 153.0 290.6 491 ...
On May 30, the Hong Kong Observatory issued a No. 1 standby signal as the depression neared Hong Kong. [36] The next day, it upgraded the warnings into a No. 3 Strong Wind signal. [ 37 ] Although it was likely to not directly affect Taiwan , the Central Weather Administration noted that Maliksi's remnants were likely to merge with a frontal ...
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Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian writing for Weather Underground, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 or 2.8 °C (4 or 5 °F) too high. [13] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth could still be at Death Valley, but is instead 54.0 °C (129.2 °F) recorded on 30 ...
On September 7, the remnants of Typhoon Haikui brought record breaking rainfall to Hong Kong. Hong Kong Observatory recorded 158 millimeters of rain between 11pm and midnight local time, the highest hourly rainfall rate since records began in 1884. [163] Some parts of the city even accumulated over 900 mm of rainfall within just 24 hours. [164]