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“2016-2020 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection” Poll Results

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“2016-2020 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection” Poll Results

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2016-2020 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection [in Cantonese]

The “2016-2020 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection” was held by the Observatory at the beginning of 2021. This attracted over 5,000 votes, to choose the five weather and climate events that participants considered to be the most important, far-reaching or most representative in the climate crisis, from “Hong Kong” and “Worldwide” categories. Five participants correctly predicted the five events that received the most votes in both categories.

The Director of the Observatory, Dr Cheng Cho-ming (right) and Miss Karen Cheng Sui-man (left), announced the results in the live webcast.

The Director of the Observatory, Dr Cheng Cho-ming (right) and Ms Karen Cheng Sui-man (left), announced the results in the live webcast.

The results of the poll are as follows:

“Hong Kong” Category Event Votes
1 Super Typhoon Mangkhut slammed Hong Kong with record-breaking storm surge 4731
2 Intense cold surge brought freezing weather to Hong Kong 3552
3 Super Typhoon Hato hit Hong Kong 3430
4 First-ever Black Rainstorm Warning in October 2869
5 2020: Record-breaking numbers of very hot days and hot nights 2724

Top 5 events with the highest number of votes in the “Hong Kong” category

“Worldwide” Category Event Votes
1 Destructive wildfires ravaged Australia and California 4242
2 Greenland lost a record amount of ice in 2019 3705
3 Temperature in a Siberian town soared to 38 degrees in 2020 3022
4 Widespread drought in Africa caused severe food shortages 2851
5 The five-year average of 2016–2020 is the warmest on record 2752

Top 5 events with the highest number of votes in the “Worldwide” category

Click here to learn more about each of the weather and climate event candidates.