PRESS WEATHER NO. 118 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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.

 

LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN ADVISORY: RAIN IS PARTICULARLY HEAVY
IN TUEN MUN DISTRICT AND YUEN LONG 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 80 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
CONTINUE TO 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 1:30 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 28 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              28 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      28 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     29 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               28 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    29 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                25 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    28 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  27 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              28 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                28 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                28 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                29 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                28 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     28 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                28 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         29 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 27 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
 NEW TERRITORIES EAST, NEW TERRITORIES WEST AND LANTAU. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TUEN MUN                         6 TO 69 MM;
YUEN LONG                        1 TO 44 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 39 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   2 TO 31 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 6 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 6 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 2 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 1 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 1 MM.

 

FROM MIDNIGHT TO NOON, 9.7 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY. 

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:03 HKT ON 18.06.2026