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Tropical Depression (16 to 19 August) > Table 1

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 the tropical depression 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) E 66 17/8 11:35 ESE 30 17/8 13:00
Central Pier E 59 17/8 01:30 E 36 17/8 13:00
Cheung Chau ESE 73 17/8 03:06 E 40 17/8 13:00
Cheung Chau Beach E 68 17/8 12:37 ENE 46 17/8 13:00
Green Island ENE 71 17/8 12:18 ENE 50 17/8 13:00
Hong Kong International Airport E 49 17/8 12:35 E 26 17/8 13:00
Kai Tak ESE 57 17/8 06:40 E 25 17/8 13:00
King's Park ESE 52 17/8 13:15 E 19 17/8 14:00
Lamma Island ESE 57 17/8 07:06 ESE 25 17/8 13:00
Lau Fau Shan E 47 17/8 13:00 E 27 17/8 13:00
Ngong Ping - 105 17/8 12:51 - 73 17/8 13:00
North Point E 59 17/8 13:29 E 36 17/8 14:00
Peng Chau E 61 17/8 12:36 E 38 17/8 13:00
Ping Chau E 35 16/8 22:55 E 10 16/8 23:00
Sai Kung ENE 58 17/8 16:51 ENE 36 17/8 11:00
Sha Chau E 50 17/8 12:45 ESE 27 17/8 14:00
Sha Lo Wan E 54 17/8 01:59 E 24 17/8 09:00
E 24 17/8 13:00
Sha Tin ENE 41 17/8 13:06 E 16 17/8 13:00
E 16 17/8 14:00
Shek Kong E 51 17/8 17:16 E 22 17/8 19:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) E 51 17/8 12:33 E 24 17/8 13:00
Ta Kwu Ling SE 37 17/8 13:11 ESE 14 17/8 13:00
Tai Mei Tuk ENE 64 17/8 17:52 E 40 17/8 18:00
Tai Mo Shan E 99 17/8 01:36 E 59 17/8 19:00
Tai Po Kau E 53 17/8 17:00 E 35 17/8 18:00
Tap Mun East ESE 63 17/8 17:38 ESE 43 17/8 17:00
Tate's Cairn - 77 17/8 01:27 - 46 17/8 19:00
Tseung Kwan O ENE 53 17/8 12:44 E 14 17/8 14:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot ESE 50 17/8 12:13 ESE 19 17/8 13:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices E 42 17/8 11:11 NNE 11 17/8 12:00
Waglan Island ESE 76 17/8 00:01 ENE 50 17/8 14:00
Wetland Park ENE 30 17/8 13:03 E 9 17/8 08:00
E 9 17/8 13:00
E 9 17/8 14:00
Wong Chuk Hang E 55 17/8 12:23 E 19 17/8 13:00

Ngong Ping, Tate's Cairn - wind direction not available
Bluff Head (Stanley) - incomplete data