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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2016

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2016

Table 4.8.1    Rainfall associated with each tropical cyclone that came within 600 km of Hong Kong in 2016

Tropical Cyclone
Name
Period when tropical cyclone within 600 km of Hong Kong Rainfall at the Hong Kong Observatory (mm)
(T1 T2)
Date/Month
Time* (i)
within 600 km of Hong Kong
(T1 T2)
(ii)
24-hour periodafter T2
(iii)
48-hour period after T2
(iv)
72-hour period after T2

(i) + (iv)
Total
(T1 T2
+72 hours)

Tropical Depression (T1)  26 / 5
-
(T2)  27 / 5
2000 14.0 63.3 64.1 64.2 78.2
2000
Super Typhoon Nepartak # (T1)  8 / 7
-
(T2)  10 / 7
1700 10.6 1.4 13.1 13.2 23.8
0500
Severe Tropical Storm Mirinae (T1)  25 / 7
-
(T2)  27 / 7
2000 8.0 Trace Trace Trace 8.0
0200
Typhoon Nida (T1)  1 / 8
-
(T2)  3 / 8
0600 125.6 17.3 38.2 38.2 163.8
0200
Tropical Storm Dianmu (T1)  17 / 8
-
(T2)  19 / 8
1100 80.8 10.5 14.3 54.2 135.0
0100
Super Typhoon Meranti (T1)  14 / 9
-
(T2)  15 / 9
1300 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
1800
Severe Typhoon Megi (T1)  28 / 9
-
(T2)  29 / 9
0100 0.0 0.7 0.7 96.2 96.2
0200
Tropical Storm Aere (T1)  6 / 10
-
(T2)  10 / 10
1100 34.0 0.1 0.8 1.0 35.0
1700
Super Typhoon Sarika (T1)  17 / 10
-
(T2)  19 / 10
0500 195.6 223.2 223.2 295.7+ 491.3
0100
Super Typhoon Haima (T1)  20 / 10
-
(T2)  22 / 10
1500 72.5+ 1.9 1.9 1.9 74.4
0200
Total 1033.9+

* Hong Kong Time (UTC + 8 hours).

# Tropical cyclone without issuing of tropical cyclone warning signal in Hong Kong.

T1 - The time when a tropical cyclone was first centred within 600 km of Hong Kong.

T2 - The time when a tropical cyclone was dissipated within or moved outside 600 km of Hong Kong.

As 72.5 mm of rainfall in column (i) of SuperT. Haima overlaps with the rainfall amount in column (iv) of SuperT. Sarika, it is not included in the total amount.