HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       33.3 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       28.8 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE                     26.6 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY                          63 - 83 PERCENT
RAINFALL                                         0 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY             125.0 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF                        437.9 MM
 
OTHER STATIONS                MIN                  MAX
KING'S PARK                  28.2 C               33.9 C
WONG CHUK HANG               28.4 C               32.1 C
TA KWU LING                  25.3 C               35.6 C
LAU FAU SHAN                 27.4 C               35.4 C
TAI PO                       28.4 C               34.9 C
SHA TIN                      28.9 C               34.2 C
TUEN MUN                     27.9 C               34.6 C
TSEUNG KWAN O                27.9 C               34.4 C
SAI KUNG                     28.2 C               35.1 C
CHEUNG CHAU                  27.1 C               36.7 C
CHEK LAP KOK                 28.9 C               34.7 C
TSING YI                     28.2 C               33.2 C
SHEK KONG                    28.1 C               33.9 C
TSUEN WAN HO KOON            27.3 C               31.5 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY   28.2 C               32.4 C
HONG KONG PARK               28.6 C               32.0 C
SHAU KEI WAN                 28.0 C               32.9 C
KOWLOON CITY                 28.4 C               34.5 C
HAPPY VALLEY                 28.9 C               33.7 C
WONG TAI SIN                 28.6 C               33.4 C
STANLEY                      28.3 C               33.2 C
KWUN TONG                    28.1 C               33.5 C
SHAM SHUI PO                 28.5 C               33.9 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK          NO DATA             NO DATA
YUEN LONG PARK               27.2 C               35.6 C
TAI MEI TUK                  27.8 C               36.6 C
 
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK):              6.5 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 12.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND):     NO DATA
 
YESTERDAY'S (17 MAY 2021) 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                           0.09
TAP MUN                             0.08
KAT O                               0.11
YUEN NG FAN                         0.12
TAI MEI TUK                         0.11
SHA TAU KOK                         0.10
KWUN TONG                           0.12
SAI WAN HO                          0.09
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 00:15 HKT ON 18.05.2021