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Tropical Cyclones in 2018 > Table 3.5.1

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2018

Table 3.5.1    Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when the tropical cyclone warning signals for Mangkhut were in force

Station Maximum Gust Maximum Hourly Mean Wind
Direction Speed
(km/h)
Date/
Month
Time Direction Speed
(km/h)
Date/
Month
Time
Bluff Head (Stanley) - 157 16/9 14:00 - 101 16/9 15:00
Central Pier E 169 16/9 12:30 E 99 16/9 13:00
Cheung Chau E 212 16/9 14:10 E 151 16/9 15:00
Cheung Chau Beach NE 209 16/9 12:01 ENE 142 16/9 14:00
Green Island NNE 229 16/9 10:29 NE 124 16/9 11:00
Hong Kong International Airport ESE 157 16/9 16:26 E 99 16/9 15:00
Kai Tak ENE 142 16/9 10:28 ESE 77 16/9 17:00
ENE 142 16/9 13:59
King's Park NNE 161 16/9 10:17 E 67 16/9 15:00
Lau Fau Shan ENE 166 16/9 12:40 ENE 96 16/9 14:00
North Point E 171 16/9 12:51 E 110 16/9 13:00
Ping Chau E 124 16/9 11:30 SSE 47 16/9 11:00
Sai Kung NE 180 16/9 11:43 NE 108 16/9 12:00
Sha Chau E 164 16/9 14:02 ESE 103 16/9 15:00
Sha Lo Wan E 169 16/9 14:11 E 87 16/9 15:00
Sha Tin NNE 149 16/9 11:42 NNE 47 16/9 11:00
Shek Kong NE 164 16/9 11:22 E 72 16/9 15:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) E 135 16/9 13:48 E 79 16/9 14:00
Ta Kwu Ling ENE 133 16/9 13:28 NNE 52 16/9 11:00
Tai Mei Tuk ENE 198 16/9 12:08 ENE 139 16/9 13:00
Tai Mo Shan ESE 250 16/9 14:05 ESE 167 16/9 15:00
Tai Po Kau E 146 16/9 13:09 E 88 16/9 13:00
Tate's Cairn ENE 256 16/9 10:33 ENE 158 16/9 12:00
Tseung Kwan O NNE 153 16/9 10:40 NNE 52 16/9 11:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot ESE 137 16/9 14:22 ESE 58 16/9 15:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices E 133 16/9 14:01 SE 51 16/9 17:00
Waglan Island NE 220 16/9 10:14 NE 158 16/9 11:00
Wetland Park E 130 16/9 13:06 E 58 16/9 14:00
Wong Chuk Hang ENE 173 16/9 13:40 ENE 54 16/9 14:00


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Ngong Ping, Peng Chau and Tap Mun East - data not available