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Tropical Cyclones in 2017 > Table 3.6.1

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2017

Table 3.6.1    Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when the tropical cyclone warning signals for the Tropical Depression were in force

Station Maximum Gust Maximum Hourly Mean Wind
Direction Speed
(km/h)
Date/Month Time Direction Speed
(km/h)
Date/Month Time
Central Pier E 54 24/9 08:46 E 31 24/9 10:00
Cheung Chau ESE 85 24/9 05:30 ESE 47 24/9 16:00
ESE 47 24/9 17:00
Cheung Chau Beach E 77 24/9 05:31 ENE 49 24/9 09:00
Green Island E 62 24/9 10:26 ENE 40 24/9 03:00
Hong Kong International Airport ESE 52 24/9 14:39 ESE 34 24/9 15:00
Kai Tak NE 54 24/9 09:24 E 30 24/9 15:00
King's Park E 51 24/9 05:54 ESE 22 24/9 15:00
Lau Fau Shan E 47 24/9 15:27 E 22 24/9 10:00
E 22 24/9 11:00
Peng Chau E 51 24/9 10:29 E 36 24/9 10:00
Ping Chau ENE 36 24/9 08:17 E 7 24/9 08:00
E 7 24/9 09:00
Sai Kung ENE 56 24/9 06:19 ENE 30 24/9 10:00
Sha Chau SE 47 24/9 14:40 SE 31 24/9 18:00
Sha Lo Wan SE 51 24/9 17:36 E 23 24/9 10:00
Sha Tin SE 43 24/9 11:58 SE 14 24/9 14:00
Shek Kong E 47 24/9 09:53 E 22 24/9 10:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) E 56 24/9 10:19 E 27 24/9 15:00
Ta Kwu Ling ENE 47 24/9 10:48 E 16 24/9 14:00
E 16 24/9 16:00
Tai Mei Tuk E 67 24/9 17:29 ENE 36 24/9 11:00
Tai Mo Shan ESE 88 24/9 11:07 ESE 58 24/9 11:00
Tai Po Kau ESE 49 24/9 17:33 E 31 24/9 09:00
E 31 24/9 10:00
Tap Mun* E 96 24/9 10:23 E 45 24/9 13:00
Tate's Cairn ESE 87 24/9 10:11 E 45 24/9 08:00
Tseung Kwan O ESE 41 24/9 12:56 NE 13 24/9 09:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot SE 52 24/9 13:37 SE 19 24/9 15:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices SE 51 24/9 15:54 SE 22 24/9 15:00
Waglan Island E 79 24/9 05:04 ENE 56 24/9 08:00
Wetland Park ENE 31 24/9 10:08 E 14 24/9 15:00
Wong Chuk Hang E 52 24/9 07:44 E 20 24/9 11:00
E 52 24/9 07:50

*The old wind station on the rooftop of Tap Mun Police Post is replaced by the new Tap Mun station on 6 July 2017.
Bluff Head (Stanley), Ngong Ping, North Point - data not available