PRESS WEATHER NO. 174 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 10 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 PER
CENT.

 

STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE EAST. THE PUBLIC SHOULD
BEWARE OF THE POSSIBLE DANGER BROUGHT BY ROUGH SEAS.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 8:45 AND 9:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES WEST. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS
REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 10 MM;
TUEN MUN                         1 TO 10 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 10 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 9 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 8 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 3 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        1 TO 2 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 2 MM;
KWAI TSING                        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.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 22:31 HKT ON 18.08.2026