Mei Foo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mei Foo?

Mei Foo has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 1,683 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mei Foo?

The hottest day measured in Mei Foo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, reaching 34.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mei Foo?

The coldest day measured in Mei Foo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1969, at 4.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mei Foo?

Almost never: Mei Foo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Mei Foo warmed?

Yes: Mei Foo warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mei Foo?

The wettest day measured in Mei Foo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1970, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mei Foo?

The windiest day measured in Mei Foo between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 95.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mei Foo?

The warmest month in Mei Foo is July (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mei Foo?

Mei Foo receives on average 1,683 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mei Foo?

Mei Foo gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mei Foo (Hong Kong) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 1,683 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (28.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Mei Foo averages 0 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.

Mei Foo has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 8 August 2015) and the coldest 4.2 °C (on 5 February 1969).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Mei FooSham Shui Po District

coords: 22.34°, 114.14°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.8°C

Average daily high

24.4°C

Average daily low

21.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,683mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

22.6km/h

Seasonal range

12.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

31 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

158 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.7 °C

Average feels-like low

22.3 °C

Average peak gust

38.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

230 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

34.0 °C

8 August 2015

Coldest day

4.2 °C

5 February 1969

Wettest day

189 mm

3 August 1970

Windiest day

95.2 km/h

16 September 2018

Strongest gust

177.1 km/h

16 September 2018

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

5 August 2024

Coldest feels-like

-3.6 °C

16 January 1967

Sunniest day

13.0 h

9 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.4 °C7 July 2025	10.5 °C11 January 2025	23.4 °C	1,786 mm	64
2024	33.4 °C5 August 2024	6.4 °C23 January 2024	24.0 °C	1,962 mm	84
2023	33.7 °C26 July 2023	8.5 °C22 December 2023	23.8 °C	2,003 mm	69
2022	33.7 °C25 July 2022	9.2 °C20 February 2022	23.3 °C	1,747 mm	61
2021	32.9 °C27 July 2021	8.0 °C8 January 2021	24.0 °C	1,781 mm	74
2020	32.5 °C25 July 2020	7.9 °C31 December 2020	23.7 °C	1,476 mm	61
2019	32.9 °C18 July 2019	10.2 °C1 January 2019	24.1 °C	1,725 mm	71
2018	33.1 °C29 May 2018	7.4 °C1 February 2018	23.4 °C	1,835 mm	51
2017	33.8 °C22 August 2017	10.3 °C18 December 2017	23.6 °C	1,770 mm	64
2016	33.2 °C9 July 2016	4.8 °C25 January 2016	23.3 °C	2,308 mm	58
2015	34.0 °C8 August 2015	10.7 °C14 January 2015	23.7 °C	1,482 mm	61
2014	32.6 °C1 August 2014	7.1 °C11 February 2014	23.2 °C	1,425 mm	67
2013	31.9 °C12 July 2013	8.9 °C28 December 2013	23.0 °C	2,000 mm	35
2012	33.0 °C2 August 2012	7.2 °C31 December 2012	23.1 °C	1,708 mm	39
2011	33.1 °C31 August 2011	7.0 °C12 January 2011	22.8 °C	1,255 mm	52
2010	32.4 °C4 August 2010	6.5 °C17 December 2010	23.2 °C	1,687 mm	43
2009	32.7 °C18 July 2009	9.8 °C24 January 2009	23.3 °C	1,652 mm	54
2008	33.3 °C22 September 2008	7.6 °C3 February 2008	23.0 °C	1,893 mm	41
2007	31.7 °C2 August 2007	10.6 °C8 January 2007	23.4 °C	1,359 mm	50
2006	32.7 °C25 July 2006	7.8 °C7 January 2006	23.5 °C	1,681 mm	38
2005	33.9 °C19 July 2005	6.2 °C1 January 2005	23.1 °C	1,751 mm	41
2004	33.8 °C29 June 2004	7.5 °C31 December 2004	23.3 °C	1,168 mm	51
2003	31.9 °C15 July 2003	8.4 °C7 January 2003	23.4 °C	1,562 mm	51
2002	31.7 °C6 September 2002	7.2 °C27 December 2002	23.6 °C	1,433 mm	31
2001	32.2 °C23 June 2001	8.3 °C22 December 2001	23.4 °C	1,808 mm	45
2000	32.9 °C5 June 2000	7.3 °C27 January 2000	23.1 °C	1,608 mm	48
1999	33.1 °C20 August 1999	6.0 °C23 December 1999	23.3 °C	1,672 mm	36
1998	31.8 °C2 August 1998	9.4 °C18 January 1998	23.6 °C	1,850 mm	50
1997	32.8 °C19 August 1997	9.0 °C25 January 1997	23.0 °C	2,357 mm	16
1996	32.8 °C26 July 1996	7.0 °C20 February 1996	22.8 °C	1,783 mm	33
1995	31.6 °C22 July 1995	9.9 °C5 January 1995	22.7 °C	1,676 mm	31
1994	32.0 °C10 July 1994	7.2 °C21 January 1994	23.2 °C	1,789 mm	16
1993	31.2 °C25 August 1993	6.1 °C16 January 1993	22.8 °C	1,849 mm	35
1992	32.7 °C1 September 1992	8.3 °C15 January 1992	22.6 °C	1,853 mm	31
1991	32.1 °C19 July 1991	5.0 °C28 December 1991	23.2 °C	1,431 mm	51
1990	33.8 °C17 August 1990	6.5 °C1 February 1990	22.9 °C	1,869 mm	46
1989	32.2 °C16 July 1989	7.1 °C14 January 1989	22.6 °C	1,494 mm	31
1988	32.5 °C18 July 1988	9.6 °C18 February 1988	22.7 °C	1,536 mm	33
1987	32.0 °C13 July 1987	8.7 °C30 November 1987	23.3 °C	1,549 mm	36
1986	32.4 °C28 August 1986	5.7 °C1 March 1986	22.5 °C	1,932 mm	31
1985	31.3 °C22 June 1985	8.9 °C10 January 1985	22.3 °C	2,045 mm	9
1984	32.0 °C29 August 1984	6.4 °C7 February 1984	22.0 °C	1,645 mm	23
1983	31.3 °C11 July 1983	5.5 °C30 December 1983	22.5 °C	2,313 mm	47
1982	33.4 °C29 July 1982	9.4 °C27 December 1982	22.7 °C	1,838 mm	25
1981	31.2 °C13 August 1981	9.5 °C20 December 1981	22.8 °C	1,626 mm	19
1980	33.4 °C10 July 1980	5.5 °C31 January 1980	22.8 °C	1,456 mm	46
1979	32.0 °C28 July 1979	6.2 °C1 February 1979	22.7 °C	1,749 mm	27
1978	31.9 °C24 August 1978	7.1 °C18 January 1978	22.6 °C	2,402 mm	28
1977	31.7 °C20 August 1977	5.5 °C5 January 1977	22.8 °C	1,446 mm	38
1976	31.5 °C23 August 1976	5.8 °C28 December 1976	22.2 °C	1,906 mm	18
1975	31.1 °C28 July 1975	5.6 °C14 December 1975	22.7 °C	2,291 mm	23
1974	31.7 °C21 August 1974	5.6 °C26 February 1974	22.5 °C	2,060 mm	17
1973	30.6 °C24 June 1973	7.7 °C25 December 1973	23.1 °C	2,740 mm	11
1972	31.4 °C11 July 1972	5.3 °C9 February 1972	22.6 °C	2,383 mm	17
1971	32.0 °C21 July 1971	7.2 °C30 January 1971	22.3 °C	1,748 mm	17
1970	31.1 °C1 August 1970	7.6 °C19 January 1970	22.5 °C	2,326 mm	22
1969	32.8 °C27 July 1969	4.2 °C5 February 1969	22.4 °C	1,493 mm	23
1968	32.2 °C26 July 1968	7.0 °C8 February 1968	22.6 °C	1,924 mm	24
1967	31.7 °C17 July 1967	4.7 °C16 January 1967	22.3 °C	1,489 mm	40
1966	31.0 °C14 August 1966	8.1 °C23 February 1966	23.1 °C	1,497 mm	19
1965	30.9 °C26 July 1965	7.7 °C18 December 1965	22.5 °C	1,729 mm	6
1964	33.0 °C7 August 1964	7.3 °C26 February 1964	22.6 °C	2,010 mm	17
1963	32.5 °C5 September 1963	8.1 °C8 January 1963	22.8 °C	1,107 mm	22
1962	31.9 °C2 August 1962	6.6 °C2 January 1962	22.6 °C	1,290 mm	37
1961	32.3 °C1 July 1961	8.5 °C31 December 1961	22.8 °C	2,191 mm	21
1960	32.6 °C21 August 1960	6.3 °C25 January 1960	22.9 °C	1,729 mm	21
1959	32.0 °C29 August 1959	7.9 °C11 January 1959	22.9 °C	1,619 mm	25
1958	32.9 °C16 July 1958	7.0 °C16 January 1958	22.5 °C	1,500 mm	14
1957	31.4 °C15 July 1957	4.3 °C11 February 1957	22.4 °C	1,811 mm	23
1956	32.8 °C1 August 1956	5.9 °C9 January 1956	22.6 °C	1,147 mm	39
1955	30.6 °C23 August 1955	4.8 °C11 January 1955	22.4 °C	1,134 mm	2
1954	31.2 °C28 August 1954	8.3 °C12 December 1954	22.6 °C	1,257 mm	13
1953	32.2 °C12 August 1953	9.7 °C11 December 1953	22.7 °C	1,329 mm	12
1952	30.9 °C29 July 1952	6.9 °C19 February 1952	23.2 °C	1,391 mm	3
1951	31.0 °C31 July 1951	5.8 °C14 January 1951	22.6 °C	1,619 mm	3
1950	30.0 °C17 July 1950	8.6 °C17 December 1950	22.6 °C	1,949 mm	1
1949	30.6 °C27 July 1949	7.3 °C9 January 1949	22.7 °C	1,220 mm	6
1948	30.6 °C20 August 1948	7.4 °C26 January 1948	22.6 °C	1,375 mm	9
1947	30.5 °C29 August 1947	7.8 °C20 December 1947	22.0 °C	1,399 mm	1
1946	31.9 °C17 July 1946	9.5 °C5 January 1946	23.0 °C	851 mm	16
1945	30.8 °C2 September 1945	7.2 °C5 February 1945	22.0 °C	1,637 mm	6
1944	30.6 °C26 September 1944	7.0 °C20 December 1944	22.1 °C	1,723 mm	2
1943	30.2 °C9 June 1943	7.3 °C12 January 1943	22.3 °C	552 mm	1
1942	30.1 °C18 August 1942	8.7 °C13 February 1942	22.5 °C	1,418 mm	2
1941	30.2 °C8 August 1941	8.2 °C29 December 1941	22.3 °C	1,589 mm	1
1940	31.5 °C31 August 1940	6.0 °C24 January 1940	21.9 °C	1,304 mm	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

64 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1786 mm

+103 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.3 °C	+0.5 °C	9 mm	-16 mm
Feb	18.4 °C	0.0 °C	19 mm	-28 mm
Mar	21.1 °C	+0.2 °C	48 mm	-21 mm
Apr	24.6 °C	+0.6 °C	47 mm	-64 mm
May	27.7 °C	+0.7 °C	171 mm	-53 mm
Jun	29.1 °C	+0.5 °C	256 mm	-33 mm
Jul	30.5 °C	+1.0 °C	358 mm	+119 mm
Aug	29.5 °C	+0.2 °C	332 mm	+49 mm
Sep	29.7 °C	+1.1 °C	431 mm	+201 mm
Oct	27.8 °C	+1.4 °C	96 mm	-1 mm
Nov	23.5 °C	+0.4 °C	7 mm	-36 mm
Dec	21.3 °C	+2.0 °C	13 mm	-16 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.4 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest day

10.5 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

165.5 mm

24 Sep 2025

Windiest day

89.9 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

160.9 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.1 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.5 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mei Foo?

Mei Foo has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 1,683 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mei Foo?

The hottest day measured in Mei Foo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, reaching 34.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mei Foo?

The coldest day measured in Mei Foo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1969, at 4.2 °C.

Does it snow in Mei Foo?

Almost never: Mei Foo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Mei Foo warmed?

Yes: Mei Foo warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mei Foo?

The wettest day measured in Mei Foo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1970, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mei Foo?

The windiest day measured in Mei Foo between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 95.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mei Foo?

The warmest month in Mei Foo is July (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Mei Foo?

Mei Foo receives on average 1,683 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mei Foo?

Mei Foo gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mei Foo?

Yes: Mei Foo has on average 230 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mei Foo?

In Mei Foo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 5 August 2024, and the lowest was -3.6 °C on 16 January 1967.

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