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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2015

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2015

TABLE 2.2   Monthly distribution of tropical cyclones affecting Hong Kong

Year Month# Total
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1961         1   3   2       6
1962             2 1   1     4
1963           1 1 1 1       4
1964         1 1   1 4 3     10
1965           1 2   2   1   6
1966         1   3 1 1       6
1967       1   1 1 3   1 1   8
1968             1 3 2       6
1969             1   2 1     4
1970             1 2 1 2     6
1971         1 2 3 1 1 1     9
1972           2 1 1     1   5
1973             2 3 2 2     9
1974           2 1   2 4 1 1 11
1975           1   1 2 3     7
1976           1 1 2 1       5
1977           1 3 1 3       8
1978       1     1 2 2 2     8
1979             2 2 2       6
1980         1 1 4 1 2 1     10
1981           1 2 1 1       5
1982           1 2   1 1     5
1983             3   2 2     7
1984           1 1 2 1       5
1985           1 1   2 1     5
1986             1 2   1     4
1987           1   2 1 1     5
1988         1 1 1   1 2     6
1989         1 1 2   1 2     7
1990         1 2 1 1 1       6
1991             3 1 2       6
1992           1 3 1         5
1993           1 1 2 3 1 1   9
1994           2   1 1       4
1995             1 4 2 1     8
1996             2 2 2 1     7
1997             1 1         2
1998               2 1 2     5
1999       1   1 1 1 3 1     8
2000           1 2 2 1   1   7
2001           2 2 1 1       6
2002               2 1       3
2003             2 1 1       4
2004           1 1 1         3
2005               1 2       3
2006         1 1   3 1 1     7
2007               1 1       2
2008       1   1   2 1 1     6
2009           2 2 1 3       8
2010             2 1 1 1     5
2011           2 1   1 1     5
2012           2 1 2         5
2013           2 1 2 1   1   7
2014           1 1   2       4
2015           1 1     1     3
Mean
(1961-2010)
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.5 1.3 1.5 0.9 0.1 0.0 6.0

#The month that the tropical cyclone warning signal was first issued.