However, a senior scientific officer at the Hong Kong Observatory was quoted as saying that the idea of snow falling in Hong Kong is “rather suspicious”, in reference to this video.

This is so as conditions in Hong Kong have remained above freezing about 6 or 7 degrees Celsius at the time of the video's release -- which made temperatures too high for it to snow.

The alternative explanation is that the white flaky stuff could be precipitation formed from a combination of rain with small ice pellets.

But Hong Kongers can still hold out hope that it snows in their subtropical country.

Conditions are not expected to warm up until the middle of the week and the coldest weather in January 1893 saw temperatures plunge to 0°C.

Morning temperatures have dropped to 3.3 degrees Celsius in urban areas and below freezing in the hills, effectively registering the coldest weather in 59 years.

The previous coldest day before this current cold spell was 2.4 degrees Celsius in February 1957.

The last time snow was seen in the city was in December 1975, when Tai Mo Shan was covered in a misty haze as snow lined the trees and ground.

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