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Table 1     Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when the tropical cyclone warning signals for Higos were in force

Maximum Gust
Maximum Hourly Mean Wind
Direction
Speed (km/h)
Date/Month
Time
Direction
Speed (km/h)
Date/Month
Time
Bluff Head (Stanley) ESE 94 19/8 02:26 SSE 62 19/8 05:00
Central Pier ESE 91 19/8 03:40 ESE 42 19/8 04:00
Cheung Chau SE 129 19/8 04:30 SE 98 19/8 05:00
Cheung Chau Beach E 112 19/8 02:34 E 75 19/8 03:00
Green Island SSE 97 19/8 06:05 ESE 49 19/8 05:00
Hong Kong International Airport ESE 104 19/8 05:54 E 62 19/8 05:00
Kai Tak ESE 88 19/8 03:53 ESE 44 19/8 04:00
King's Park ESE 87 19/8 03:56 ESE 38 19/8 03:00
Lamma Island ESE 90 19/8 04:30 ESE 51 19/8 05:00
Lau Fau Shan ESE 80 19/8 05:42 ESE 34 19/8 06:00
North Point E 83 19/8 02:52 E 44 19/8 00:00
Peng Chau ESE 82 19/8 03:42 ESE 49 19/8 03:00
Ping Chau SE 51 19/8 02:17 ENE 12 18/8 22:00
Sai Kung SE 78 19/8 04:36 SSE 48 19/8 05:00
Sha Chau SSE 119 19/8 06:19 SSE 67 19/8 07:00
Sha Lo Wan E 115 19/8 03:46 E 42 19/8 04:00
Sha Tin SSE 66 19/8 03:59 SE 23 19/8 06:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) ESE 89 19/8 03:38 E 49 19/8 04:00
ESE 89 19/8 03:39
Ta Kwu Ling ENE 60 19/8 01:43 E 24 19/8 05:00
Tai Mei Tuk E 94 19/8 03:45 E 54 19/8 04:00
Tai Mo Shan SE 158 19/8 04:28 ESE 98 19/8 05:00
Tai Po Kau E 82 19/8 03:45 ESE 48 19/8 04:00
Tap Mun East SE 101 19/8 05:30 ESE 66 19/8 03:00
ESE 66 19/8 05:00
Tate's Cairn SE 124 19/8 01:41 ESE 71 19/8 01:00
Tseung Kwan O ESE 65 19/8 04:38 ESE 21 19/8 05:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot ESE 78 19/8 05:28 SE 30 19/8 07:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices SE 92 19/8 04:43 SE 35 19/8 06:00
Waglan Island E 112 19/8 02:36 ESE 82 19/8 04:00
Wetland Park SE 59 19/8 05:05 SE 24 19/8 06:00
Wong Chuk Hang NE 91 19/8 01:25 ENE 32 19/8 02:00

Ngong Ping, Shek Kong - data not available