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Tropical Cyclones in 2017 > Table 3.5.1

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2017

Table 3.5.1    Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when the tropical cyclone warning signals for Mawar 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) W 51 4/9 01:37 WSW 25 4/9 02:00
Central Pier WSW 58 4/9 09:43 W 22 3/9 15:00
Cheung Chau SSW 65 4/9 02:42 S 45 4/9 03:00
Cheung Chau Beach SW 59 4/9 05:22 SW 38 4/9 08:00
Hong Kong International Airport SW 63 4/9 06:50 SW 45 4/9 08:00
Kai Tak SW 59 4/9 08:06 SW 25 4/9 10:00
King's Park WSW 43 4/9 08:57 W 16 4/9 08:00
Lau Fau Shan SSW 75 4/9 07:14 SSW 40 4/9 08:00
North Point WSW 54 4/9 11:38 W 31 4/9 12:00
Peng Chau NE 63 3/9 18:12 SW 25 4/9 07:00
SW 25 4/9 08:00
Ping Chau W 43 4/9 00:25 W 22 4/9 01:00
Sai Kung SW 43 4/9 11:22 WSW 16 4/9 12:00
Sha Chau SSW 67 4/9 05:39 SSW 47 4/9 06:00
Sha Lo Wan SSW 67 4/9 10:55 SW 31 4/9 07:00
Sha Tin SW 49 4/9 08:14 SW 23 4/9 09:00
Shek Kong SW 31 4/9 13:06 WSW 12 4/9 12:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) WSW 70 4/9 07:48 W 31 4/9 08:00
Ta Kwu Ling SW 36 4/9 11:29 SSW 13 4/9 11:00
Tai Mei Tuk W 51 4/9 13:22 W 31 3/9 23:00
Tai Mo Shan SW 81 4/9 06:13 SW 59 4/9 12:00
SW 81 4/9 11:35
Tai Po Kau WNW 47 4/9 09:38 NW 16 3/9 23:00
Tap Mun* SSW 51 4/9 07:51 SSW 25 4/9 06:00
SSW 25 4/9 09:00
SW 25 4/9 10:00
Tate's Cairn SSW 81 4/9 07:57 SSW 52 4/9 11:00
SSW 81 4/9 09:48
Tseung Kwan O S 52 4/9 07:49 SSW 12 4/9 02:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot SSW 40 4/9 07:47 S 20 4/9 04:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices SW 54 4/9 07:13 SSW 16 4/9 08:00
Waglan Island WSW 81 4/9 09:40 WSW 63 4/9 04:00
Wetland Park SSW 40 4/9 10:02 S 12 4/9 07:00
S 12 4/9 08:00
Wong Chuk Hang WSW 40 4/9 05:55 WNW 13 4/9 14:00

*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, Ngong Ping - data not available