PRESS WEATHER NO. 052 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 5 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 PER
CENT.

 

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 6:00 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              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 27 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                28 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      27 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                28 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                27 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                26 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   27 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         28 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 26 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
NORTH DISTRICT                   0 TO 13 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 12 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 1 TO 10 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 9 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 6 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 6 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 4 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 4 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 3 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        1 TO 2 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 1 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     0 TO 1 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      0 TO 1 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 1 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      0 TO 1 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:02 HKT ON 15.08.2026