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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2014

TABLE 3.3.1 MAXIMUM GUST PEAK SPEEDS AND MAXIMUM HOURLY MEAN WINDS WITH ASSOCIATED WIND DIRECTIONS RECORDED AT VARIOUS STATIONS WHEN TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS FOR THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WERE IN FORCE

Station
(See Fig. 1.1)
Maximum Gust Maximum Hourly Mean Wind
Direction Speed (km/h) Date/Month Time Direction Speed (km/h) Date/Month Time
Bluff Head (Stanley)

ESE

58

7/9

16:46

ESE

27

7/9

17:00

Central Pier

E

43

7/9

17:06

E

31

7/9

16:00

 

E

43

7/9

17:16

 

 

 

 

Cheung Chau

ESE

58

7/9

20:22

E

36

7/9

17:00

Cheung Chau Beach

ENE

59

7/9

17:09

E

38

7/9

17:00

Green Island

NE

58

7/9

20:54

NE

43

7/9

16:00

Hong Kong International Airport

ESE

49

7/9

16:22

ESE

34

7/9

16:00

Kai Tak

ESE

51

7/9

13:02

E

23

7/9

13:00

 

 

 

 

 

E

23

7/9

14:00

King's Park 

ESE

41

7/9

16:59

SE

16

7/9

16:00

 

 

 

 

 

ESE

16

7/9

20:00

 

 

 

 

 

ESE

16

7/9

21:00

Lau Fau Shan

ENE

49

7/9

14:25

ENE

30

7/9

15:00

Ngong Ping

E

79

7/9

18:36

E

63

7/9

19:00

North Point

E

43

7/9

11:14

E

25

7/9

16:00

 

E

43

7/9

15:48

 

 

 

 

Peng Chau

E

47

7/9

15:16

E

36

7/9

16:00

Sai Kung 

ENE

38

7/9

15:50

ENE

25

7/9

12:00

Sha Chau

SE

41

7/9

17:46

SE

30

7/9

16:00

Sha Lo Wan

E

47

7/9

16:20

E

25

7/9

17:00

Sha Tin

E

31

7/9

14:55

E

13

7/9

14:00

 

 

 

 

 

E

13

7/9

15:00

Shek Kong

E

36

7/9

16:36

E

19

7/9

16:00

Star Ferry (Kowloon)

E

49

7/9

17:02

E

31

7/9

17:00

Ta Kwu Ling 

E

34

7/9

18:32

E

14

7/9

17:00

Tai Mei Tuk

E

47

7/9

15:54

E

31

7/9

15:00

 

E

47

7/9

17:09

 

 

 

 

Tai Mo Shan

ESE

75

7/9

19:31

E

52

7/9

20:00

Tai Po Kau

E

40

7/9

16:06

E

27

7/9

17:00

Tap Mun

SE

34

7/9

23:46

SE

22

8/9

09:00

Tate's Cairn 

ESE

63

7/9

19:52

E

40

7/9

20:00

Tseung Kwan O

ENE

40

7/9

15:39

ENE

14

7/9

14:00

Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot

-

36

7/9

12:50

-

16

7/9

16:00

Tuen Mun Government Offices

ESE

40

7/9

15:16

SE

19

7/9

16:00

Waglan Island

SE

67

7/9

16:36

ENE

41

7/9

12:00

Wetland Park

E

34

7/9

14:50

E

16

7/9

15:00

Wong Chuk Hang

SE

43

7/9

17:02

E

22

7/9

13:00

- data not available
Ping Chau- data not available