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“2021-2025 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection” Poll Results

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“2021-2025 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection” Poll Results

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“2021-2025 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection” poll results [in Cantonese]

The poll for “2021-2025 Top 10 Mind-boggling Weather and Climate Events Selection”, jointly organised by the Hong Kong Observatory and the Hong Kong Meteorological Society in early 2026, has successfully concluded. The event attracted nearly 2,000 votes, with participants selecting five events from each of the “Hong Kong” and “Worldwide” categories that they considered to be the most significant, impactful, or representative of the climate crisis. Five participants successfully selected the top 10 events that received the most votes in both categories.

The poll results are as follows:

“Hong Kong” Category Event
1 【2023】 “Black Rainstorm of the Century”
2 【2025】Five black rainstorms in July and August
3 【2025】Two No. 10 signals in a single year: The strikes of Wipha and Ragasa
4 【2025】Record-breaking tropical cyclone warning signals
5 【2021】Tropical cyclone on Winter Solstice? The latest issuance of tropical cyclone warning signals in a year

Top 5 events receiving the most votes in the “Hong Kong” category

“Worldwide” Category Event
1 【2022】European heatwaves
2 【2024】The first year to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels
3 【2021】Extreme cold waves in US
4 【2024】Super typhoon Yagi
5 【2023】Super typhoon Doksuri

Top 5 events receiving the most votes in the “Worldwide” category

Click here to learn more about each of the candidate weather and climate events.