Hong Kong Reports Its Highest March Temperature in 140 Years
Sunset from a hill in Hong Kong, March 22.
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Hong Kong’s temperature on Sunday reached the highest recorded level during the month of March in 140 years, according to the city’s observatory.
The maximum temperature measured at the Observatory was 31.5C (88.7F) — the highest reported during the month of March since records began in 1884 — while it surged to above 32C in the northern areas of the territory close to the mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen.