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Super Typhoon Usagi

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

Station Maximum Gust Maximum Hourly Mean Wind
Direction Speed (km/h) Date/
Month
Time Direction Speed (km/h) Date/
Month
Time
Central Pier W 94 22/9 22:33 W 51 22/9 22:00
Cheung Chau WNW 128 22/9 21:34 WNW 83 22/9 22:00
Cheung Chau Beach W 112 22/9 21:34 W 62 22/9 22:00
Green Island NW 103 22/9 22:07 WSW 72 23/9 02:00
Hong Kong International Airport SSW 87 23/9 01:14 W 65 22/9 23:00
Kai Tak WSW 83 22/9 23:11 W 47 22/9 21:00
King's Park  WNW 88 22/9 23:25 WNW 34 22/9 23:00
Lau Fau Shan W 112 22/9 22:38 W 79 23/9 00:00
Ngong Ping W 133 23/9 00:03 WSW 83 23/9 02:00
North Point WSW 99 22/9 22:21 W 63 22/9 23:00
Peng Chau WNW 101 22/9 21:02 NW 59 22/9 20:00
Ping Chau W 94  22/9 22:12 W 51 22/9 23:00
Sai Kung  WNW 88 22/9 18:58 NW 34 22/9 21:00
Sha Chau SSW 90  23/9 02:51 SSW 56 23/9 03:00
Sha Lo Wan SW 96 23/9 01:07 WSW 41 23/9 00:00
Sha Tin SW 68 23/9 00:13 SW 31 23/9 01:00
Shek Kong SW 62 22/9 23:29 WSW 25 23/9 00:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) W 101 23/9 01:48 W 72 22/9 23:00
Ta Kwu Ling  WSW 68 22/9 23:23 WSW 31 23/9 00:00
Tai Mei Tuk WSW 121 22/9 20:09 W 62 22/9 23:00
Tai Mo Shan W 155 22/9 22:43 W 118 22/9 23:00
Tai Po Kau WNW 103 22/9 22:21 W 52 22/9 23:00
Tap Mun W 115 22/9 21:06 W 68 22/9 22:00
Tate's Cairn  NNW 140 22/9 20:13 NW 79 22/9 21:00
Tseung Kwan O NW 58 22/9 18:43 W 19 22/9 21:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot - 90 22/9 21:37 - 49 22/9 22:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices NW 112 22/9 22:05 WNW 40 22/9 23:00
Waglan Island WSW 110 22/9 23:50 WSW 87 23/9 00:00
Wetland Park WNW 65 22/9 22:23 NW 25 22/9 19:00
Wong Chuk Hang

WNW

99

22/9

21:11

WNW

34

22/9

22:00

Bluff Head (Stanley) - data not available