Hong Kong bracing for a hot, damp spell with humidity reaching 95% by midweek

2026.03.23 01:20 Hong Kong is braced for a humid spell with temperatures rising to 28 degrees Celsius. Photo: Jelly Tse This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by . Hong Kong is set for a hot and damp week ahead, with the city’s forecaster predicting relative humidity to reach as high as 95 per cent from Wednesday as seasonal coastal mist moves in. The Observatory said on Monday that daytime temperatures would rise to 28 degrees Celsius (82 Fahrenheit) later this week as a band of cloud affected the Guangdong coast and winds weakened. “Winds are expected to be weak over Guangdong in the latter part of this week. It will be hot during the day. Under the influence of a trough of low pressure, there will be a few showers over southern China early next week,” the forecaster said. According to the nine-day forecast, the city will experience a spell of warm and increasingly humid weather as an anticyclone strengthens over the South China Sea. The week will start with mainly fine and sunny conditions on Monday and Tuesday, with temperatures reaching highs of 27 degrees Celsius, the Observatory said. Humidity will begin to climb on Wednesday, peaking at 95 per cent as light winds bring coastal mist in the morning and at night. While Thursday may bring one or two light rain patches under cloudy skies, the forecaster said the weather would remain hot through to the weekend, with the mercury hitting 28 degrees Celsius on Friday and Saturday. Conditions are expected to deteriorate next Sunday under the influence of a trough of low pressure, bringing one or two showers and humidity levels rising again to 95 per cent. Persistent high humidity is likely to continue into early next week, with a few showers each day, though sunny intervals should still appear during the daytime.

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