PRESS WEATHER NO. 131 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.1. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN ADVISORY: RAIN IS PARTICULARLY HEAVY
IN TAI PO DISTRICT. IT MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.
RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE ADVISED TO TAKE
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE FLOOD DAMAGE. HEAVY
RAIN OF MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF HOURLY RAINFALL HAS
FALLEN OR IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE ABOVE REGIONS.

VIOLENT GUSTS REACHING 90 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
AFFECT HONG KONG. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SHOULD SEEK SAFE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2:30 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SEVERE SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              24 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 22 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                23 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      23 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     23 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    23 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               24 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    25 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 23 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                23 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    24 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   23 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           22 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  23 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              24 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     24 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              24 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 22 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER
ALL REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TAI PO                           0 TO 58 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 33 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   1 TO 29 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        4 TO 23 MM;
TUEN MUN                         9 TO 19 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 9 MM;
SHA TIN                           1 TO 6 MM;
KWAI TSING                        1 TO 5 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 4 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 4 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  0 TO 3 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      2 TO 3 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      1 TO 3 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 1 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 1 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 1 MM.

 

FROM MIDNIGHT TO NOON, 0.7 MILLIMETRE OF RAINFALL WAS
RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY. 

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:02 HKT ON 04.04.2026