PRESS WEATHER NO. 276 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 8 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 PER
CENT.

 

THE OBSERVATORY WILL ISSUE THE RED RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL
TO REPLACE THE BLACK RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL AT 8:30 P.M.
HOWEVER, THERE WILL STILL BE HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO
CONTINUE TO EXERCISE DUE CARE.

INTENSE GUSTS REACHING 80 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 BLACK RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10:30 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE LANDSLIP WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 6:45 AND 7:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TAI PO                           0 TO 46 MM;
YUEN LONG                        5 TO 45 MM;
KWAI TSING                       3 TO 43 MM;
TSUEN WAN                       30 TO 43 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                  16 TO 42 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 31 MM;
TUEN MUN                        10 TO 18 MM;
SHA TIN                          0 TO 13 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 5 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 20:17 HKT ON 18.06.2026