Hong Kong logs hottest March day on record as temperatures hit 30.3 degrees Celsius

People cool down with ice cream in Mong Kok. Many weather stations across the city also registered temperatures exceeding 30 degrees. - Photo: Yik Yeung-man/SCMP

HONG KONG (SCMP): Hong Kong logged its hottest March day on record as temperatures reached 30.3 degrees Celsius (86.5 degrees Fahrenheit) just after midday on Sunday.

The Observatory recorded the figure, the highest for the month since records began in 1884, at its headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui.