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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2009

TABLE 3.1.1    

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

 

Station
(see Fig. 1.1)
Maximum Gust Date/
Month
Time Maximum Hourly Mean Wind Date/
Month
Time
Direction Speed
(km/h)
Direction Speed
(km/h)

Bluff Head (Stanley)

W

38
21/6
05:29

W

16
21/6
05:00

Central Pier

WNW

36
20/6
13:35

W

14
20/6
14:00

Cheung Chau

SE

31
21/6
05:25

WSW

19
20/6
17:00

SE

31
21/6
05:30
 

SE

31
21/6
05:35

Hong Kong International Airport

SW

30
21/6
03:57

SW

19
21/6
05:00

SW

30
21/6
04:32
 

Kai Tak

WNW

27
21/6
05:41

SW

12
20/6
15:00

King's Park

W

40
21/6
05:09

W

13
20/6
16:00

Lau Fau Shan

WSW

31
20/6
16:24

WSW

23
20/6
17:00

Ngong Ping

W

51
21/6
04:49

W

31
21/6
05:00

North Point

WSW

31
21/6
05:41

W

13
20/6
15:00

Peng Chau

WSW

27
21/6
05:41

SW

7
20/6
15:00

Ping Chau

S

22
20/6
15:48

SW

9
20/6
14:00

Sai Kung

WSW

25
21/6
05:45

S

16
20/6
15:00

Sha Chau

SSW

27
20/6
21:07

SSW

20
20/6
21:00

Sha Lo Wan

SW

27
21/6
04:36

SW

13
21/6
05:00

Sha Tin

SSW

27
21/6
05:44

SSW

14
20/6
16:00

Shek Kong

WNW

20
20/6
14:03

NW

7
20/6
15:00

Star Ferry (Kowloon)

WNW

31
21/6
05:30

WNW

16
20/6
14:00

WNW

31
21/6
05:31
 

Ta Kwu Ling

WSW

22
20/6
14:18

WSW

9
20/6
15:00

Tai Mei Tuk

W

31
20/6
16:47

S

13
20/6
17:00

Tai Mo Shan

W

31
20/6
16:54

W

22
20/6
17:00

Tap Mun

SE

20
20/6
15:07

SSW

9
20/6
16:00

Tate's Cairn

W

45
21/6
05:23

SW

22
21/6
05:00

WSW

45
21/6
05:24
 

Tsak Yue Wu

SW

16
20/6
15:49

N

7
20/6
11:00
 

SW

7
20/6
17:00

Tseung Kwan O

WNW

23
21/6
05:41

ENE

9
20/6
11:00

Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot

W

23
21/6
05:05

S

9
20/6
15:00

Tuen Mun Government Offices

W

27
20/6
15:24

WNW

12
20/6
16:00

Waglan Island

WSW

47
21/6
05:37

SW

22
21/6
05:00

Wetland Park

WNW

25
20/6
15:51

W

9
20/6
17:00

Wong Chuk Hang

NW

23
21/6
05:05

SE

12
20/6
14:00

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