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Hong Kong – A wet and cooler May

A wet and cooler May ********************      With a stronger than normal northeast monsoon affecting southern China, Hong Kong was much cooler than usual in May 2022. The monthly mean temperature was 25.0 degrees, 1.3 degrees below the normal figure of 26.3 degrees. Mainly attributed to the heavy rain episode from May 11 to 13, the month was wetter than usual with a total rainfall of 436.5 millimetres, about 50 per cent above the normal figure of 290.6mm. The accumulated rainfall recorded in the first five months of the year was 705.3mm, about 19 per cent above the normal figure of ... Read more