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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2014

TABLE 3.4.1 MAXIMUM GUST PEAK SPEEDS AND MAXIMUM HOURLY MEAN WINDS WITH ASSOCIATED WIND DIRECTIONS RECORDED AT VARIOUS STATIONS WHEN TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS FOR KALMAEGI 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

96

16/9

08:13

ESE

58

16/9

02:00

Central Pier

E

96

16/9

06:03

E

56

15/9

23:00

Cheung Chau

SE

137

16/9

01:02

ESE

85

16/9

08:00

Cheung Chau Beach

E

130

16/9

01:06

E

96

16/9

02:00

Green Island

NE

117

15/9

23:27

NE

77

16/9

00:00

Hong Kong International Airport

E

108

16/9

00:27

E

62

16/9

01:00

E

62

16/9

04:00

Kai Tak

ESE

87

16/9

01:10

E

43

16/9

11:00

King's Park 

SE

99

16/9

01:58

SE

49

16/9

02:00

Lau Fau Shan

ENE

115

16/9

00:51

ENE

54

16/9

01:00

Ngong Ping

ENE

175

16/9

00:15

ENE

118

16/9

00:00

North Point

E

101

16/9

00:00

E

49

15/9

23:00

E

49

16/9

05:00

Peng Chau

E

113

16/9

00:26

E

75

16/9

00:00

Ping Chau

E

59

16/9

00:34

E

22

16/9

00:00

Sai Kung 

SE

94

16/9

01:44

ENE

59

16/9

01:00

Sha Chau

SE

92

16/9

09:40

SE

65

16/9

10:00

Sha Lo Wan

E

104

15/9

23:09

E

56

16/9

00:00

Sha Tin

NE

77

16/9

00:33

ENE

25

16/9

01:00

Shek Kong

E

81

16/9

05:20

E

38

16/9

03:00

Star Ferry (Kowloon)

E

101

15/9

19:08

E

58

16/9

05:00

Ta Kwu Ling 

E

87

16/9

06:56

E

31

16/9

08:00

Tai Mei Tuk

ENE

135

16/9

01:11

E

85

16/9

01:00

Tai Mo Shan

E

169

16/9

01:37

E

110

16/9

03:00

Tai Po Kau

SE

108

16/9

01:51

E

58

16/9

01:00

Tap Mun

E

90

16/9

00:50

E

45

16/9

01:00

E

90

16/9

00:52

Tate's Cairn 

ESE

139

16/9

01:09

E

88

16/9

05:00

Tseung Kwan O

NE

76

15/9

23:42

NE

20

15/9

22:00

Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot

-

81

16/9

02:04

-

36

16/9

04:00

-

81

16/9

04:29

-

36

16/9

06:00

-

81

16/9

04:44

Tuen Mun Government Offices

ESE

81

16/9

09:45

SE

36

16/9

12:00

Waglan Island

E

112

16/9

00:15

E

79

15/9

23:00

Wetland Park

E

83

16/9

01:05

E

34

16/9

01:00

Wong Chuk Hang

SE

108

16/9

00:50

E

41

16/9

00:00

- data not available