PRESS WEATHER NO. 175 - 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 91 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.4. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

THOUGH RAINSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED, PEOPLE SHOULD
STAY ALERT TO THE DANGER THAT MAY BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY RIVER
FLOODING.

INTENSE GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
AFFECT HONG KONG. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SHOULD SEEK SAFE
SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2:00 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 24 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              25 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 28 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                26 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      27 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               24 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                24 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    25 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              24 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                23 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   24 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 26 DEGREES.

 

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

 

 
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       9 TO 36 MM;
WAN CHAI                        21 TO 32 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               10 TO 27 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 25 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 7 TO 23 MM;
KWUN TONG                        2 TO 10 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     3 TO 9 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      1 TO 8 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 7 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 4 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      1 TO 3 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 2 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 2 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 2 MM.

 

FROM MIDNIGHT TO NOON, 38.5 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY. 

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:47 HKT ON 29.04.2026