Hong Kong breaks record for hottest day as Typhoon Dolphin brings extreme heat

Hong Kong has broken its record for the hottest day of the year with the city’s temperature reaching 36 degrees Celsius (96.8 Fahrenheit) on Sunday afternoon under the impact of Severe Typhoon Dolphin. According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the outer subsiding air associated with Dolphin brought generally fine and extremely hot weather to Guangdong province. By 1pm, the temperature recorded by the weather forecaster at the Observatory was 36 degrees, the highest so far this year, breaking…