HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 5 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 23 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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.

 

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

HAIL MAY AFFECT HONG KONG IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7:00 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                 23 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              24 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 24 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                23 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      24 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    23 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 23 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                24 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    23 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           22 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  23 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              23 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                24 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                23 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                24 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                24 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   24 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                23 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         23 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              24 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 24 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 26 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 22 MM;
KWAI TSING                       3 TO 16 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       2 TO 15 MM;
TUEN MUN                         2 TO 14 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 13 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     2 TO 11 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 8 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 3 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     0 TO 2 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 1 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:02 HKT ON 17.04.2026