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Tropical Cyclones in 2018 > Table 3.2.1a

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2018

Table 3.2.1a    Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when the tropical cyclone warning signals for Son-tinh were in force

(a) First passage [17 – 18 July]

Station Maximum Gust Maximum Hourly Mean Wind
Direction Speed
(km/h)
Date/
Month
Time Direction Speed
(km/h)
Date/
Month
Time
Bluff Head (Stanley) ESE 76 18/7 00:15 ESE 49 17/7 23:00
ESE 49 18/7 01:00
Central Pier ESE 72 17/7 22:06 ESE 38 17/7 22:00
ESE 38 18/7 00:00
Cheung Chau ESE 87 17/7 22:12 ESE 63 17/7 23:00
Cheung Chau Beach E 87 17/7 21:52 E 58 17/7 23:00
E 58 18/7 00:00
Green Island ENE 81 17/7 23:20 ENE 43 18/7 00:00
Hong Kong International Airport ESE 68 17/7 19:42 ESE 36 17/7 23:00
Kai Tak ESE 65 17/7 21:26 ESE 31 17/7 22:00
King's Park E 58 17/7 23:22 E 30 18/7 00:00
Lau Fau Shan ESE 49 17/7 22:44 E 20 18/7 04:00
North Point ENE 58 18/7 08:07 E 31 18/7 09:00
Peng Chau E 68 17/7 23:21 E 41 18/7 00:00
Ping Chau SE 31 18/7 01:49 ESE 7 18/7 08:00
Sai Kung SE 67 17/7 22:17 SE 27 17/7 23:00
Sha Chau ESE 59 17/7 23:16 ESE 38 17/7 23:00
Sha Lo Wan SE 87 17/7 22:31 SE 31 17/7 23:00
Sha Tin ENE 49 18/7 00:08 ESE 13 17/7 23:00
Shek Kong ENE 58 18/7 08:17 E 22 18/7 01:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) ESE 70 17/7 22:07 E 34 17/7 23:00
Ta Kwu Ling NE 58 18/7 02:19 E 16 18/7 05:00
Tai Mei Tuk E 94 18/7 02:08 E 47 17/7 22:00
Tai Mo Shan ESE 122 17/7 23:37 ESE 90 18/7 00:00
Tai Po Kau ESE 67 17/7 22:23 ESE 34 18/7 01:00
Tap Mun East E 87 18/7 01:56 E 52 17/7 22:00
E 87 18/7 01:57
Tate's Cairn ESE 101 17/7 22:22 ESE 54 17/7 23:00
Tseung Kwan O ESE 43 17/7 20:31 ESE 16 17/7 21:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot SE 67 17/7 23:35 ESE 22 18/7 00:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices SSE 59 18/7 03:26 ESE 16 17/7 21:00
Waglan Island ESE 88 18/7 01:56 E 56 18/7 00:00
Wetland Park ESE 36 18/7 04:18 SE 13 17/7 23:00

Ngong Ping, Wong Chuk Hang - data not available