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PRESS WEATHER NO. 166 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS


 
AT 5 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 30 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 NORTH DISTRICT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES. 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.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER-AIR
DISTURBANCES ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE VICINITY OF THE PEARL
RIVER ESTUARY. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY IN SOME
AREAS OVER HONG KONG IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.


 
PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:


 
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6:30 P.M. TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES WAS ISSUED AT 5:00 P.M.


 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:


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


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


 

 
NORTH DISTRICT 0 TO 66 MM;
YUEN LONG 0 TO 15 MM;
SHA TIN 0 TO 9 MM;
TAI PO 0 TO 6 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 0 TO 5 MM;
WAN CHAI 1 TO 4 MM;
TSUEN WAN 0 TO 3 MM;
KOWLOON CITY 0 TO 2 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO 0 TO 1 MM.


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:03 HKT ON 02.10.2026

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