Tropical Cyclones in 2017 > Table 4.8.2
Table 4.8.2 Ten wettest tropical cyclones in Hong Kong (1884 - 1939, 1947 - 2017)
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Tropical Cyclone |
Rainfall at the Hong Kong Observatory (mm) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Year |
Month |
Name |
(i) within 600 km of Hong Kong (T1  T2 |
(ii) 24-hour period after T2 |
(iii) 48-hour period after T2 |
(iv) 72-hour period after T2 |
(i) + (iv) Total T1 (T2 + 72 hours) |
| 1999 | 8 | Sam | 368.1 | 178.9 | 248.1 | 248.4 | 616.5 |
| 1926 | 7 | T.C. | 34.8# | 534.0# | 561.1# | 562.2# | 597.0 |
| 1916 | 6 | T.C. | 494.8# | 27.9# | 59.4# | 67.2# | 562 |
| 1965 | 9 | Agnes | 404.6 | 8.9 | 64.3 | 126.1 | 530.7 |
| 1978 | 7 | Agnes | 502.4 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 16.6 | 519.0 |
| 1976 | 8 | Ellen | 90.7 | 394.2 | 421 | 425.4 | 516.1 |
| 1993 | 9 | Dot | 459.6 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 497.5 |
| 1982 | 8 | Dot | 41.2 | 322.5 | 403.1 | 450.5 | 491.7 |
| 2016 | 10 | Sarika | 195.6 | 223.2 | 223.2 | 295.7+ | 491.3 |
| 1995 | 8 | Helen | 241.4 | 146.2 | 235.2 | 239.5 | 480.9 |
T1 - The time when a tropical cyclone was first centred within 600 km of Hong Kong.
T2 - The time when a tropical cyclone was dissipated within or moved outside 600 km of Hong Kong.
# For years prior to 1961, column (i) is the sum of daily rainfall on those days when a tropical cyclone was centred within 600 km of Hong Kong, columns (ii) to (iv) show respectively the accumulated daily rainfall on the following one to three days.
+ 72.5 mm of rainfall overlapped with the rainfall of SuperT. Haima.