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Tropical Cyclones in 2017 > Table 3.3.1

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2017

Table 3.3.1    Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when the tropical cyclone warning signals for Hato were in force

Maximum Gust
Maximum Hourly Mean Wind
Direction Speed
(km/h)
Date/Month Time Direction Speed
(km/h)
Date/Month Time
Bluff Head (Stanley) NE 139 23/8 09:06 SE 87 23/8 11:00
Central Pier E 137 23/8 09:55 E 70 23/8 10:00
Cheung Chau SE 171 23/8 11:01 SE 124 23/8 12:00
Cheung Chau Beach ENE 193 23/8 10:15 NE 121 23/8 10:00
Hong Kong International Airport ESE 144 23/8 11:55 E 90 23/8 11:00
Kai Tak NE 130 23/8 08:54 ESE 67 23/8 12:00
King's Park ESE 113 23/8 10:49 ESE 52 23/8 11:00
Lau Fau Shan NNE 112 23/8 08:55 N 65 23/8 09:00
Ngong Ping E 224 23/8 11:07 ENE 131 23/8 11:00
North Point ENE 137 23/8 09:49 ENE 85 23/8 10:00
Peng Chau E 151 23/8 10:53 E 96 23/8 11:00
Ping Chau ENE 77 23/8 08:57 ENE 25 23/8 09:00
Sai Kung E 112 23/8 10:00 NE 70 23/8 10:00
Sha Chau SSE 137 23/8 12:21 ESE 88 23/8 12:00
Sha Tin NNE 104 23/8 09:27 SE 38 23/8 13:00
Shek Kong NE 106 23/8 09:52 E 45 23/8 12:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) E 112 23/8 09:54 E 59 23/8 11:00
Ta Kwu Ling NNE 99 23/8 09:42 NNE 41 23/8 10:00
Tai Mei Tuk ENE 140 23/8 10:20 ENE 94 23/8 10:00
E 94 23/8 11:00
Tai Mo Shan ESE 196 23/8 11:22 SE 90 23/8 13:00
Tai Po Kau ESE 113 23/8 11:38 E 68 23/8 11:00
Tap Mun* ENE 122 23/8 09:22 ENE 94 23/8 10:00
ENE 122 23/8 09:29        
Tate's Cairn NE 187 23/8 08:37 ENE 118 23/8 09:00
Tseung Kwan O ESE 96 23/8 11:04 NNE 36 23/8 09:00
ESE 36 23/8 12:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot ESE 106 23/8 10:40 ESE 43 23/8 12:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices SE 112 23/8 11:52 SE 43 23/8 13:00
Waglan Island E 193 23/8 09:10 NE 130 23/8 09:00
Wetland Park NE 76 23/8 09:57 ENE 38 23/8 11:00
Wong Chuk Hang E 117 23/8 10:00 E 43 23/8 11:00

*The old wind station on the rooftop of Tap Mun Police Post is replaced by the new Tap Mun station on 6 July 2017.
Green Island, Sha Lo Wan - data not available