It's freezing, no?

Most Hong Kong people were braced for another really, really freezing day today, having had a bitterly cold one yesterday and having been warned by the Hong Kong Observatory that the coldness would carry on.

And the outcome? It has still been rather chilly, but with the cold snap being tempered by the welcoming sun, everyone was chirping about how good it felt.
That is why in the fields of business and politics, managing people's expectations is an often employed, even abused, strategy.