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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2013

TABLE 4.6

DURATION OF TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS ISSUED IN HONG KONG : 1956-2013

Signal Number of occasions Duration of each occasion Total duration per year
Mean Maximum Minimum Mean Maximum Minimum
h min h min h min h min h min h min
1 or higher 359 42 58  161 4 30  265 56  570 15  36 35 
  (Tilda, 1964) (T.D., 2000) (1964) (1959)
3 or higher 240 29 26  124 15  4 121 50  306 35  15
  (Mary, 1960) (T.D., 2006) (1974) (2004)
8 or higher 86 14 44  66 50  2 40  21 50  100 55  0
  (Mary, 1960) (Wynne , 1984) (1964)
8 NW  24 5 47  15 45  1 30  2 24  18 0
8 SW  32 4 56  10 45  2 2 44  16 10  0
8 NE  60 7 41  35 35  1 35  7 57  40 20  0
8 SE  49 7 26  21 45  0 20  6 17  31 15  0
9 or higher 21 6 54  12 25  2 2 30  19 25  0
  (York, 1999) (Dujuan, 2003) (1964)
10 13 6 17  11 2 30  1 24  12 10  0
   (York, 1999) (Alice, 1961) (1964)

Note: ( ) are the years and the names of the tropical cyclones which created the record.

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