A June with distinct periods of showery and sunny weather
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Under the influence of the southwest monsoon, the weather of Hong Kong was hot with a mixture of sunshine, showers and thunderstorms on the first six days of the month. Showers were heavier over parts of the New Territories on June 3 with more than 50 millimetres of rainfall recorded over Tsuen Wan and Tai Po. Affected by an active trough of low pressure lingering over the coast of Guangdong, local weather turned unsettled with occasional heavy showers and squally thunderstorms from June 7 to 11. More than 200 millimetres of rainfall were generally recorded over the territory and rainfall even exceeded 300 millimetres over the eastern part of Hong Kong on these five days. The heavy rain on the morning of June 8 necessitated the issuance of the second Red Rainstorm Warning Signal in the year. There was serious flooding over some places in the New Territories and landslides were reported in Sai Kung on that day. A woman died after being washed away by flash floods in Wang Chung Stream, Tai Po, on the same day. Moreover, a waterspout was also spotted near Cheung Chau on the morning of June 8.
The trough of low pressure moved northwards gradually towards inland areas on June 12. Under the influence of an active southwesterly airstream, the weather was mainly cloudy with showers and a few squally thunderstorms at first on June 12. The showers were heavier over Chek Lap Kok and Tsuen Wan where more than 50 millimetres of rainfall were recorded in that morning. With the showers easing off on the afternoon of June 12, the weather became hot with sunny periods on June 13.
With the return of the trough of low pressure, showery weather with squally thunderstorms affected Hong Kong again from June 14 to 16. More than 40 millimetres of rainfall were recorded over most parts of territory and rainfall even exceeded 70 millimetres over Sai Kung and parts of Kowloon in these three days. Under the rain, the temperature at the Observatory dropped to a minimum of 24.0 degrees on June 15, the lowest of the month. Affected by a southerly airstream, there were sunny intervals and some showers in Hong Kong from June 17 to 21.
Dominated by an anticyclone aloft, apart from a few showers, mainly fine and very hot weather prevailed in Hong Kong during June 22 to 29. With plenty of sunshine on June 28, the maximum temperature at the Observatory soared to 34.4 degrees, the highest of the month. In addition, an area of low pressure over the central part of the South China Sea developed into a tropical depression on June 29. It was named Chaba and intensified into a tropical storm the next morning. With Chaba moving towards the coast of western Guangdong, there were squally showers and thunderstorms in Hong Kong on the last day of the month and winds strengthened gradually at night. More than 20 millimetres of rainfall were recorded over most parts of territory, and rainfall even exceeded 50 millimetres over Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the eastern part of the New Territories that day.
One tropical cyclone occurred over the South China Sea and the western North Pacific in June 2022.
Details of issuance and cancellation of various warnings/signals in June are summarized in Table 1. Monthly meteorological figures and departures from normal for June are tabulated in Table 2.
Ends/Tuesday, July 5, 2022
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