PRESS WEATHER NO. 030 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 1 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 PER
CENT.

 

LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN ADVISORY: RAIN IS PARTICULARLY HEAVY
IN KWAI TSING 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.

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

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 11:45 P.M. AND 0:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED
WITHIN LANTAU, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON.
THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
KWAI TSING                       1 TO 54 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 51 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 47 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       9 TO 21 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     3 TO 20 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 15 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 12 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 8 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     2 TO 6 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 5 MM;
WAN CHAI                          1 TO 5 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 4 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  0 TO 2 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 2 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      0 TO 2 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 2 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 01:03 HKT ON 09.05.2026