PRESS WEATHER NO. 094 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 10 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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.

 

LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN ADVISORY: RAIN IS PARTICULARLY HEAVY
IN LAMMA ISLAND IN ISLANDS DISTRICT. IT MAY CAUSE SERIOUS
FLOODING. RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE
ADVISED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE
FLOOD DAMAGE. HEAVY RAIN OF MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF
HOURLY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OR IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE
ABOVE REGIONS.

A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERY SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
THE WATERS SOUTH OF HONG KONG. WHETHER THE RED RAINSTORM
WARNING SIGNAL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED DEPENDS ON THE
DEVELOPMENT AND MOVEMENT OF THE BAND OF THUNDERY SHOWERS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ON HIGH ALERT AND TAKE
NOTE OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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 AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11:00 A.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 27 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              // DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 28 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                30 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      29 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     28 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    29 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                29 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  27 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                26 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                26 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                27 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   26 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         27 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 29 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 8:45 AND 9:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 52 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               19 TO 35 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 9 TO 25 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       2 TO 19 MM;
WAN CHAI                        10 TO 19 MM;
SAI KUNG                         1 TO 14 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 10 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 9 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 9 MM;
KWUN TONG                         2 TO 8 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     1 TO 5 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 4 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 3 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      1 TO 3 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      0 TO 2 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 1 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 10:22 HKT ON 14.08.2026