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Frosty Hong Kong shivers through coldest spell for 16 years

Other News Materials 12 January 2009 08:58 (UTC +04:00)

Parts of Hong Kong have been coated in early-morning frost as the sub-tropical city shivers through what weathermen said Monday were the coldest temperatures in 16 years, dpa reported.

Overnight frost covered fields and cars in the parts of the New Territories north of Hong Kong island on Sunday and Monday mornings as temperatures of nearly minus one degree Celsius were recorded.

Officials at the Hong Kong Observatory, which monitors weather conditions, said the temperatures were the lowest in the territory for 16 years.

Hong Kong normally sees winter lows of only around 10 degrees Celsius while in the summer, humidity soars and temperatures peak at around 35 degrees Celsius.

The Hong Kong Observatory predicted Monday that the cold weather would continue for several days although clear skies and bright sunshine will lift daytime temperatures to around 15 degrees Celsius.

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