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Tropical Cyclones in 2017 > Table 3.1.1

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2017

Table 3.1.1    Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when the tropical cyclone warning signals for Merbok were in force

Station Maximum Gust Maximum Hourly Mean Wind
Direction Speed
(km/h)
Date/Month Time Direction Speed
(km/h)
Date/Month Time
Bluff Head (Stanley) ENE 68 12/06 15:50 E 31 12/06 14:00
Central Pier NE 81 12/06 18:12 WNW 51 12/06 22:00
Cheung Chau WNW 92 12/06 23:08 WNW 58 13/06 00:00
Cheung Chau Beach SW 79 13/06 06:10 NE 51 12/06 16:00
Green Island SSW 96 13/06 08:21 NNW 63 12/06 22:00
SW 63 13/06 07:00
Hong Kong International Airport SW 79 13/06 06:04 NW 51 12/06 23:00
Kai Tak WSW 85 13/06 06:16 W 41 13/06 00:00
King's Park N 77 12/06 20:30 WNW 30 13/06 00:00
Lau Fau Shan NW 75 12/06 23:34 NNW 52 12/06 22:00
Ngong Ping WSW 110 13/06 05:38 WSW 77 13/06 06:00
North Point WSW 96 13/06 05:18 W 59 13/06 00:00
Peng Chau NW 83 12/06 21:16 NW 49 12/06 22:00
Ping Chau W 68 13/06 00:20 W 36 13/06 01:00
Sai Kung NNE 99 12/06 20:34 N 49 12/06 21:00
Sha Chau N 79 12/06 19:54 N 58 12/06 20:00
Sha Tin SW 59 13/06 04:20 N 23 12/06 21:00
SW 23 13/06 07:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) W 77 12/06 23:38 W 59 13/06 00:00
Ta Kwu Ling W 54 12/06 23:41 WNW 22 13/06 00:00
Tai Mei Tuk NNE 103 12/06 20:21 NNE 54 12/06 21:00
Tai Mo Shan NW 124 12/06 23:10 W 77 13/06 02:00
Tai Po Kau WNW 75 12/06 23:24 WNW 40 12/06 23:00
Tap Mun W 94 12/06 23:16 W 58 13/06 00:00
Tate's Cairn NNE 131 12/06 20:14 N 85 12/06 21:00
Tseung Kwan O NNE 68 12/06 18:58 NNW 23 12/06 21:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot NNW 65 12/06 20:59 NW 31 12/06 21:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices WNW 72 13/06 00:24 WNW 25 13/06 01:00
Waglan Island N 113 12/06 19:53 NNE 87 12/06 20:00
Wetland Park NW 52 12/06 23:34 NW 22 13/06 00:00
Wong Chuk Hang W 77 12/06 21:35 W 31 12/06 22:00


Sha Lo Wan and Shek Kong - data not available