PRESS WEATHER NO. 086 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 8 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.3. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

AREAS OF INTENSE THUNDERY SHOWERS ARE AFFECTING HONG KONG.
THE OBSERVATORY WILL ISSUE THE RED RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL
AT 8:05 A.M. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT
AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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 9:00 A.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

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

 

 
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 51 MM;
YUEN LONG                        4 TO 46 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   0 TO 32 MM;
TUEN MUN                        13 TO 32 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 25 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 23 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 21 MM;
WAN CHAI                         6 TO 17 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 12 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 7 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 4 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 4 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 4 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      0 TO 3 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 3 MM;
KWUN TONG                         1 TO 3 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 08:02 HKT ON 20.07.2026