This study examines the characteristics and trends of heavy rain events (hourly rainfall ≥ 30 mm) in Hong Kong from 2000 to 2024, with a focus on short‐duration events (1–3 h) in wet season (April–October), using a homogenised dataset from 114 automatic rain gauges. While longer‐duration (> 3 h) events tend to be more widespread, short‐duration events are highly localised with 60% confined to one or two small ‘zones’, leading...