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Tropical Cyclones in 2018 > Table 3.2.1b

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2018

Table 3.2.1b    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

(b) Second passage [23 – 24 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) SSE 43 24/7 00:22 SE 31 23/7 16:00
Central Pier ESE 43 24/7 09:35 ESE 22 24/7 09:00
Cheung Chau SE 68 23/7 18:52 ESE 43 23/7 16:00
Cheung Chau Beach E 52 23/7 15:44 E 27 23/7 16:00
Green Island S 75 23/7 19:23 ESE 36 23/7 16:00
Hong Kong International Airport SE 56 24/7 08:50 SSE 30 24/7 09:00
Kai Tak ESE 34 23/7 18:10 ESE 20 23/7 16:00
E 34 23/7 18:16
SE 34 24/7 09:15
King's Park SSE 41 24/7 09:05 SSE 19 24/7 09:00
Lau Fau Shan SSE 51 23/7 19:37 SE 25 24/7 10:00
North Point E 30 23/7 18:45 E 14 23/7 18:00
Peng Chau ESE 47 23/7 15:44 ESE 25 23/7 16:00
SSE 47 24/7 03:52 SSE 25 24/7 05:00
Ping Chau SSW 36 23/7 16:20 SSE 7 23/7 17:00
Sai Kung S 72 23/7 15:40 SSE 34 23/7 16:00
Sha Chau SSE 52 24/7 01:08 SSE 34 24/7 06:00
Sha Lo Wan SE 51 24/7 09:18 S 20 24/7 10:00
SW 51 24/7 10:10
Sha Tin SSW 31 23/7 15:41 SSW 14 23/7 16:00
Shek Kong SSE 31 23/7 16:27 SSE 12 23/7 17:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) ESE 43 24/7 02:13 ESE 22 23/7 16:00
Ta Kwu Ling S 31 23/7 16:02 ESE 9 24/7 10:00
Tai Mei Tuk SSE 63 23/7 15:52 SE 23 23/7 16:00
Tai Mo Shan SE 76 23/7 19:26 SSE 56 23/7 17:00
Tai Po Kau ESE 31 24/7 10:35 SE 16 23/7 16:00
Tap Mun East SE 68 23/7 16:01 ESE 40 23/7 16:00
Tate's Cairn S 62 23/7 16:26 S 38 23/7 17:00
Tseung Kwan O E 30 24/7 00:30 S 12 23/7 16:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot SSE 51 23/7 19:26 ESE 25 23/7 16:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices SSE 58 23/7 19:20 SSE 20 24/7 10:00
Waglan Island SE 51 24/7 02:44 SSE 40 24/7 03:00
Wetland Park S 40 23/7 19:39 SSE 16 24/7 10:00

Ngong Ping, Wong Chuk Hang - data not available