PRESS WEATHER NO. 056 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 5 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 PER
CENT.

 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN MAY AFFECT HONG KONG SHORTLY. MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

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 THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7:30 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                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                24 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                28 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                26 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN 
NEW TERRITORIES WEST AND NEW TERRITORIES EAST. THE RAINFALL
RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      14 TO 38 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   22 TO 31 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 29 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    23 TO 28 MM;
SHA TIN                         13 TO 25 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    12 TO 25 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 24 MM;
KWAI TSING                      15 TO 22 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 22 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        1 TO 20 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    18 TO 20 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   4 TO 19 MM;
KWUN TONG                        0 TO 18 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 15 MM;
YUEN LONG                        1 TO 13 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 11 MM;
WAN CHAI                          5 TO 8 MM;
TUEN MUN                          1 TO 4 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:02 HKT ON 08.07.2026