PRESS WEATHER NO. 272 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

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

 

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 TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 1 HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7:15 P.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              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                27 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                26 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                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     24 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL
RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                4 TO 31 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 27 MM;
SAI KUNG                         1 TO 26 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 7 TO 23 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        9 TO 13 MM;
WAN CHAI                         8 TO 10 MM;
KWAI TSING                        1 TO 9 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 8 MM;
TUEN MUN                          2 TO 8 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 7 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    2 TO 7 MM;
KWUN TONG                         1 TO 7 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 5 MM;
YUEN LONG                         2 TO 4 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 3 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     0 TO 1 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM NOUL AT 5 P.M.:
LOCATION: 23.9 DEGREES NORTH, 113.9 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 75 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:02 HKT ON 26.07.2026