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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2017

Tabble 4.6    Duration of tropical cyclone warning signals issued in Hong Kong : 1956 - 2017

Signal
Number of occasions
Duration of each occasion
Total duration per year
Mean
(hr min)
Maximum
(hr min)
Minimum
(hr min)
Mean
(hr min)
Maximum
(hr min)
Minimum
(hr min)
1 or higher 382 42    32 161    00
(Tilda, 1964)		 4    30
(T.D., 2000)		 262   05 570    15
(1964) 		36   35
(1959)
3 or higher 255 29    03 124    15
(Mary, 1960)		 4    05
(T.D., 2006)		 119    30 306    35
(1974)		 15    05
(2004)
8 or higher 95 14    18 66    50
(Mary, 1960)		 2    40
(Wynne, 1984)		 21    54 100    55
(1964)		 0    0
8 NW 29 05    48 15    45 1    30 2    43 18    00 0    0
8 SW 35 04    58 10    45 2    00 2    48 16   10 0    0
8 NE 63 07    35 35    35 1    35 7    42 40    20 0    0
8 SE 52 07    28 21    45 0    20 6    15 31    15 0    0
9 or higher 22 06    51 12    25
(York, 1999)		 2    00
(Dujuan, 2003)		 2    26 19    25
(1964)		 0    0
10 14 06    11 11    00
(York, 1999)		 2    30
(Alice, 1961) 		1     24 12    10
(1964)		 0    0

Note:( ) are the years and the names of the tropical cyclones which created the record.