About 10,000 bolts of cloud-to-ground lightning lit up the city's skies overnight following a day of oppressive heat that reached 35.6 degrees Celsius, the second highest for July on record.
(Photo courtesy of Huey Pang)

A rainbow spanned Victoria Harbour in December, an unusual sight in the city.

Super Typhoon Sarika struck in October, followed closely by Super Typhoon Haima within the same week.

Residents sweltered under the third hottest summer since records began in 1884, after braving an intense cold surge in January.

Residents braving an intense cold surge in January.

Icicles formed on Lantau Island on 24 January, the coldest day since 1957 with the mercury falling to 3.1 degrees. Sub-zero temperatures were recorded on high ground.
（Photo courtesy of Lam Miu Fong）

Long spells of clouds, fog and mist shrouded the city during the most humid April since 1961, with a monthly mean relative humidity of 89 per cent.