HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       32.2 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       26.1 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE                     24.5 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY                          58 - 86 PERCENT
RAINFALL                                         0 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY             170.7 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF                        472.8 MM
 
OTHER STATIONS                MIN                  MAX
KING'S PARK                  25.2 C               31.8 C
WONG CHUK HANG               24.5 C               29.9 C
TA KWU LING                  23.9 C               34.0 C
LAU FAU SHAN                 24.7 C               32.5 C
TAI PO                       24.7 C               32.7 C
SHA TIN                      24.2 C               32.0 C
TUEN MUN                     25.7 C               31.9 C
TSEUNG KWAN O                24.3 C               31.6 C
SAI KUNG                     24.8 C               29.1 C
CHEUNG CHAU                  25.3 C               32.4 C
CHEK LAP KOK                 26.7 C               32.0 C
TSING YI                     24.9 C               31.8 C
SHEK KONG                    24.1 C               33.3 C
TSUEN WAN HO KOON            23.5 C               30.7 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY   24.2 C               30.9 C
HONG KONG PARK               25.4 C               31.0 C
SHAU KEI WAN                 24.7 C               30.9 C
KOWLOON CITY                 25.4 C               32.5 C
HAPPY VALLEY                 24.8 C               31.2 C
WONG TAI SIN                 NO DATA             NO DATA
STANLEY                      25.0 C               31.3 C
KWUN TONG                    25.5 C               32.3 C
SHAM SHUI PO                 25.5 C               31.3 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK          25.7 C               31.7 C
YUEN LONG PARK               24.4 C               31.8 C
TAI MEI TUK                  25.0 C               33.1 C
 
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK):             10.6 H
 
THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK YESTERDAY WAS 5,
THE UV INTENSITY WAS MODERATE.
THE MAXIMUM UV INDEX FOR YESTERDAY WAS 10.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND):        25.9 C
 
YESTERDAY'S (16 MAY 2018) AVERAGE AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION
DOSE RATE TAKEN OUTDOORS IN HONG KONG RANGED FROM 0.08 TO
0.14 MICROSIEVERT PER HOUR.  THESE ARE WITHIN THE NORMAL
RANGE OF FLUCTUATION OF THE BACKGROUND RADIATION LEVEL IN
HONG KONG (SEE NOTE). THE AVERAGE DOSE RATES MEASURED AT
THE RADIATION MONITORING STATIONS OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE
TERRITORY WERE AS FOLLOWS :
 
STATION                     YESTERDAY'S AVERAGE
                            (MICROSIEVERT/HOUR)
PING CHAU                           0.08
TAP MUN                             0.08
KAT O                               0.10
YUEN NG FAN                         0.12
TAI MEI TUK                         0.12
SHA TAU KOK                         0.10
KWUN TONG                           0.11
SAI WAN HO                          0.08
KING'S PARK                         0.14
TSIM BEI TSUI                       0.13
CAPE D'AGUILAR                      0.13
CHEK LAP KOK                        0.14

 
NOTE
1.     FROM READINGS TAKEN AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN HONG KONG IN THE
       PAST, THE HOURLY MEAN AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION DOSE RATE MAY 
       VARY BETWEEN 0.06 AND 0.3 MICROSIEVERT PER HOUR. 
       (1 MICROSIEVERT = 0.000001 SIEVERT = 0.001 MILLISIEVERT)
 
2.     TEMPORAL VARIATIONS ARE GENERALLY CAUSED BY CHANGES IN
       METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS RAINFALL, WIND AND 
       BAROMETRIC PRESSURE.
 
3.     SPATIAL VARIATIONS ARE GENERALLY CAUSED BY DIFFERENCES IN 
       THE RADIOACTIVE CONTENT OF LOCAL ROCK AND SOIL.
 
4.     THE DATA DISPLAYED IS PROVISIONAL. ONLY LIMITED DATA 
       VALIDATION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:18 HKT ON 17.05.2018