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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2017

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
2016 1 2 1 2 3 9
2017 1 1 2 2 1 7
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.