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Mercury to hit as high as 33 degrees for 4 straight days this week

South China Morning Post · · 213 words · By Oscar Liu
Public Health Warnings Weather Forecast
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“temperatures will climb as high as 33 degrees Celsius (91.4 Fahrenheit) on four days in a row”
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While one web result mentions temperatures hitting 33 degrees Celsius or above for most days this week and another mentions a specific day hitting 33 degrees, there is no corroboration from multiple independent sources confirming the specific 'four days in a row' pattern.
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web search NEUTRAL — Use Current Location. Recent. Hong Kong.Hong Kong Weather Radar. Static Radar Temporarily Unavailable. Thank you for your patience as we work to get everything up and running again. Refresh Page.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hk/hong-kong/1123655/weather-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Temperatures in the territories are expected to hit 33 degrees Celsius or above for most days this week.latter parts of the week. The maximum temperature today in urban areas of Hong Kong today, July …
https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/news/temperatures-in-hong-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hong Kong experienced its hottest day of the year so far on Tuesday, with the city’s forecaster reporting a temperature of 33 degrees Celsius (91.4 Fahrenheit) at its headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui in …
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/artic…
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“an anticyclone aloft would continue to bring hot and fine weather to the coast of Guangdong province and the northern part of the South China Sea over the next few days”
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Multiple independent web search results from different dates (June 2020, May 2026, Sep 2025) confirm that an anticyclone aloft brings hot and fine weather to the Guangdong coast and northern South China Sea.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 12, 2020 ... An anticyclone aloft will bring fine and hot weather to the Guangdong coast ... northern part of the sea and the coast of Guangdong province.
https://www.facebook.com/kabayanradiohk/posts/625pm-12-june-…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 12, 2026 ... “An anticyclone aloft is bringing generally fine weather to the coast of Guangdong ... northern part of the South China Sea during the weekend.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/artic…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 29, 2025 ... ... South China Sea afterwards. The system is expected to move ... The upper-level anticyclone will bring sunny and hot weather to Guangdong ...
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/news/article/312819/HK-may-fa…
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“Under the influence of a southerly airstream, there will be isolated showers over the coast of Guangdong [on Monday]”
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Two separate sources confirm that a southerly airstream brings isolated showers or moist conditions to the coast of Guangdong, specifically mentioning Monday in one instance.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 1, 2026 ... ... due to a moist southerly airstream affecting the Guangdong coast. For Monday afternoon and evening, the weather is expected to be mainly ...
https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/629680
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web search NEUTRAL — 18 hours ago ... GENERAL SITUATION A HOT SOUTHERLY AIRSTREAM AFFECTED THE COAST OF GUANGDONG YESTERDAY ... WILL BE ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE COAST OF GUANGDONG ...
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/wr/202605/24/P2026052400045.htm
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 28, 2021 ... WEATHER UPDATE A southwesterly airstream will continue to bring unsettled weather to the coast of Guangdong. Heavy showers and thunderstorms ...
https://www.facebook.com/Canal.Macau/posts/weather-updatea-s…
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“Temperatures in urban areas are expected to hit a maximum of 33 degrees from Tuesday to Friday”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'maximum' and a Wikipedia entry on mathematical maximums, providing no actual weather data for Tuesday to Friday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Note that a point is a strict global maximum point if and only if it is the unique global maximum point, and similarly for minimum points. A continuous real-valued function with a compact domain alway…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_and_minimum
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web search NEUTRAL — May 16, 2026 · The meaning of MAXIMUM is the greatest quantity or value attainable or attained.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maximum
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web search NEUTRAL — The comprehensive definition of maximum. Includes pronunciation, synonyms, etymology, and usage examples to help you master this word.
https://www.dictionary.net/dictionary/maximum
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“humidity levels reaching up to 95 per cent by the week’s end”
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Only one specific web result mentions humidity reaching up to 95 percent towards the end of the week according to the Hong Kong Observatory.
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web search NEUTRAL — Absolute humidity is the mass of water vapor per volume of air (in grams per cubic meter). Relative humidity, often expressed as a percentage, indicates a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidity
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 22, 2026 ... ... humidity reaching up to 95 percent for eight days ... expected towards the end of the week, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/news/article/324970/HK-to-fac…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 28, 2020 ... Was in Maizuru/Kyoto area end of August 2020 and I was miserably sweaty (I rarely ever sweat in normal circumstances). I still suggest you go.
https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanTravel/comments/klis5i/how_bad…
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“the Observatory issues the very hot weather warning when the maximum daily temperature in urban or widespread areas is expected to reach 33 degrees or above”
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Multiple sources, including a PMC health risk assessment and a report on 2025 weather logs, confirm that the Hong Kong Observatory defines 'very hot days' or issues warnings when the temperature reaches 33 degrees Celsius or above.
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web search NEUTRAL — ... hot weather, defined as when the daily maximum temperature (Tmax) reaches 33 °C ... Hong Kong Observatory (2023c) The Observatory enhances Very Hot Weather ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13038650/
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web search NEUTRAL — Understanding the Impact. – Hong Kong-Subtropical city. – Climate change impact on meteorological patterns: Temperature. – How to measure Heat-health impact?
https://heathealth.info/assets/Chan-EYY-Global-Heat-Health-I…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 16, 2026 ... In 2025, the Observatory logged 53 “very hot days” – defined as a day when the temperature reaches 33 degrees Celsius or above – and 54 “hot ...
https://www.facebook.com/hongkongfp/posts/all-12-months-in-2…
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