March was drier and milder than usual, with the monthly mean relative humidity at 74%, which was 8% below the norm and the fourth lowest on record for March, the Hong Kong Observatory said today.
The monthly total sunshine duration amounted to 143.8 hours, about 44% above the norm of 100 hours.
With more sunshine, the monthly mean maximum temperature of 23.5 degrees Celsius was 1.6 degrees above the norm and the 10th highest on record for March. The monthly mean temperature of 20.1 degrees and monthly mean minimum temperature of 17.7 degrees were 0.6 degrees and 0.1 degrees above their corresponding norm.
Rainfall in the month was 38.1mm, about 51% of the norm. The accumulated rainfall in the first three months of the year was 68.4mm, which was about 54% below the norm for the same period.
There was no tropical cyclone over the South China Sea and the western North Pacific in March, the observatory added.