PRESS WEATHER NO. 136 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.2. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

AREAS OF INTENSE THUNDERY SHOWERS ARE AFFECTING HONG KONG.
WHETHER THE RED RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED
DEPENDS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREAS OF THUNDERY
SHOWERS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ON HIGH ALERT
AND TAKE NOTE OF 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 1:30 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     26 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                    26 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                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 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              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 26 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER
ALL REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      10 TO 30 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 29 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    16 TO 24 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   14 TO 23 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    12 TO 23 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 19 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    10 TO 19 MM;
WAN CHAI                        12 TO 17 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 6 TO 16 MM;
SHA TIN                          1 TO 15 MM;
KWUN TONG                       11 TO 15 MM;
SAI KUNG                         2 TO 12 MM;
KWAI TSING                       4 TO 10 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         3 TO 8 MM;
TUEN MUN                          2 TO 8 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 2 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 2 MM.

 

FROM MIDNIGHT TO NOON, 65.8 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY. 

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:02 HKT ON 20.07.2026