HONG KONG – With less moisture in the lower atmosphere over the coast of southern China, December was much drier than usual in Hong Kong, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.
Only traces of rainfall were recorded in the month, and it was one of 11 Decembers with just traces of rainfall since records began in 1884, the forecaster said on Friday.
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The annual total rainfall of 2,309.7 millimeters was about 5 percent below the annual normal of 2,431.2 mm.
The monthly mean temperature was 18.5 degrees Celsius, 0.3 degrees above the December normal of 18.2 degrees.
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One tropical cyclone occurred over the South China Sea and the western North Pacific in December, added the observatory.
