2021-2025 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection

2021-2025 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection

Editorial Board

The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), in collaboration with the Hong Kong Meteorological Society (HKMetS), organised the 2021-2025 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection, with online voting from 29 January to 28 February, 2026.

In recent years, extreme weather such as scorching temperatures, super typhoons and torrential rain have affected Hong Kong and various parts of the world. Meanwhile, under the influence of climate change, extreme weather events have become increasingly frequent, causing severe damage across the world and even resulting in loss of life. Through the campaign, the HKO and the HKMetS hope to raise public awareness of significant weather and climate events in Hong Kong and around the world, and to enhance public understanding of climate change and its impact on human lives.

Through online voting, the public could select five weather and climate events from a shortlist in each of two given categories: “Hong Kong” and “Worldwide”, that they considered the most significant or impactful, or the most representative of the climate crisis. Participants had a chance to receive HKO souvenirs.

The website of the 2021-2025 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection is at https://publicity.weather.gov.hk/. Voting closed on 28 February, and the results were announced on 20 March.

The Hong Kong Observatory and the Hong Kong Meteorological Society jointly organised the 2021-2025 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection, to raise public awareness of extreme weather and climate change