Tropical Cyclones in 2018 > Table 4.9
Table 4.9 Typhoons requiring the issuing of the Hurricane Signal No. 10 during the period 1946 - 2018
| Name of typhoon |
Nearest approach to the
Hong Kong Observatory |
Minimum M.S.L.
pressure (hPa) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Date/Month
|
Year
|
Direction
|
Distance
(km) |
Hourly
|
Inst.
|
|
| - |
18/7
|
1946
|
S
|
70
|
985.7
|
-
|
| Gloria |
22/9
|
1957
|
SW
|
55
|
986.2
|
984.3
|
| Mary |
9/6
|
1960
|
WNW
|
10
|
974.3
|
973.8
|
| Alice |
19/5
|
1961
|
-
|
0
|
981.6
|
981.1
|
| Wanda |
1/9
|
1962
|
SSW
|
20
|
955.1
|
953.2
|
| Ruby |
5/9
|
1964
|
SW
|
30
|
971.0
|
968.2
|
| Dot |
13/10
|
1964
|
E
|
35
|
978.9
|
977.3
|
| Shirley |
21/8
|
1968
|
-
|
0
|
968.7
|
968.6
|
| Rose |
17/8
|
1971
|
WSW
|
20
|
984.5
|
982.8
|
| Elsie |
14/10
|
1975
|
S
|
50
|
996.4
|
996.2
|
| Hope |
2/8
|
1979
|
NNW
|
10
|
961.8
|
961.6
|
| Ellen |
9/9
|
1983
|
SW
|
45
|
983.9
|
983.1
|
| York |
16/9
|
1999
|
SSW
|
20
|
976.8
|
976.1
|
| Vicente |
24/7
|
2012
|
SW
|
100
|
986.3
|
986.0
|
| Hato |
23/8
|
2017
|
SSW
|
60
|
986.7
|
986.3
|
| Mangkhut |
16/9
|
2018
|
SSW
|
100
|
977.6
|
977.0
|
| Name of
typhoon |
Maximum 60-min mean wind in points and km/h
|
|||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hong Kong
Observatory |
King's
Park |
Kai Tak
Airport# |
Waglan
Island |
Cheung
Chau |
Tate's
Cairn |
Green
Island |
||||||||
| - |
NE
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
| Gloria |
ESE
|
115
|
-
|
ESE
|
72
|
E
|
113
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||
| Mary |
SSE
|
96
|
-
|
SSE
|
92
|
SSW
|
112
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||
| Alice |
ENE
|
83
|
-
|
E
|
70
|
ESE
|
90
|
ENE
|
76
|
-
|
-
|
|||
| Wanda |
N
|
133
|
-
|
N
|
108
|
NW
|
148
|
NW
|
118
|
SE
|
189
|
-
|
||
| Ruby |
E
|
110
|
-
|
N
|
118
|
ENE
|
148
|
NE
|
113
|
ESE
|
167
|
-
|
||
| Dot |
NNW
|
88
|
-
|
N
|
67
|
N
|
117
|
NNW
|
96
|
NNE
|
157
|
-
|
||
| Shirley |
N
|
68
|
-
|
N
|
75
|
NNE
|
124
|
SSW
|
90
|
NNE
|
126
|
-
|
||
| Rose |
SE
|
103
|
-
|
SE
|
122
|
ESE
|
140
|
SE
|
131
|
S
|
148
|
-
|
||
| Elsie |
ENE
|
58
|
N
|
75
|
NNW
|
67
|
NNE
|
118
|
N
|
106
|
NE
|
130
|
NNW
|
118
|
| Hope |
W
|
75
|
WNW
|
79
|
W
|
115
|
SW
|
144
|
SSW
|
117
|
NW
|
115
|
W
|
108
|
| Ellen |
E
|
92
|
E
|
88
|
E
|
112
|
ESE
|
169
|
ESE
|
171
|
E
|
126
|
S
|
137
|
| York |
E
|
63
|
N
|
68
|
NNE
|
59
|
NNE
|
153
|
NNE
|
113
|
-
|
-
|
||
| Vicente |
E
|
56
|
ESE
|
56
|
ESE
|
70
|
E
|
108
|
ESE
|
128
|
E
|
117
|
NE
|
92
|
| Hato |
E
|
62
|
ESE
|
54
|
ESE
|
67
|
E
|
137
|
ESE
|
128
|
ENE
|
118
|
-
|
|
| Mangkhut |
E
|
81
|
E
|
70
|
ESE
|
81
|
NE
|
161
|
E
|
157
|
ENE
|
166
|
NE
|
128
|
| Name of
typhoon |
Maximum gust peak speed in km/h with direction in points | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong
Observatory |
King's
Park |
Kai Tak
Airport# |
Waglan
Island |
Cheung
Chau |
Tate's
Cairn |
Green
Island |
||||||||
| - |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
| Gloria |
E
|
187
|
-
|
ENE
|
158
|
ENE
|
185
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||
| Mary |
SSE
|
191
|
-
|
SE
|
164
|
SSW
|
194
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||
| Alice |
E
|
166
|
-
|
ENE
|
139
|
SW
|
128
|
ENE
|
135
|
-
|
-
|
|||
| Wanda |
N
|
259
|
-
|
N
|
229
|
NNW
|
216
|
NW
|
232
|
ESE
|
284
|
-
|
||
| Ruby |
NNE
|
227
|
-
|
NW
|
203
|
E
|
230
|
NNE
|
216
|
E
|
268
|
-
|
||
| Dot |
N
|
175
|
-
|
N
|
198
|
N
|
184
|
WNW
|
205
|
NE
|
220
|
-
|
||
| Shirley |
N
|
133
|
-
|
N
|
151
|
NE
|
209
|
SSW
|
167
|
NNE
|
203
|
-
|
||
| Rose |
ESE
|
224
|
-
|
ESE
|
211
|
ESE
|
189
|
SE
|
194
|
S
|
221
|
-
|
||
| Elsie |
NE
|
140
|
N
|
137
|
N
|
140
|
ENE
|
176
|
NE
|
158
|
NNE
|
180
|
NE
|
167
|
| Hope |
W
|
175
|
WNW
|
166
|
WNW
|
182
|
SW
|
198
|
WSW
|
185
|
WNW
|
229
|
W
|
167
|
| Ellen |
E
|
185
|
E
|
167
|
E
|
203
|
E
|
227
|
SSE
|
238
|
ENE
|
218
|
S
|
220*
|
| York |
E
|
137
|
NNE
|
149
|
ENE
|
142
|
NNE
|
234
|
NE
|
182
|
-
|
-
|
||
| Vicente |
ESE
|
117
|
ESE
|
110
|
E
|
135
|
ESE
|
149
|
E
|
184
|
ESE
|
166
|
NE
|
155
|
| Hato |
E
|
122
|
ESE
|
113
|
NE
|
130
|
E
|
193
|
SE
|
171
|
NE
|
187
|
-
|
|
| Mangkhut |
E
|
169
|
NNE
|
161
|
ENE
|
142
|
NE
|
220
|
E
|
212
|
ENE
|
256
|
NNE
|
229
|
# With the moving of the Hong Kong International Airport to Chek Lap Kok, the meteorological office at Kai Tak was closed on 6 July 1998. Kai Tak anemometer station started operation on 4 September 1998.
* estimated, exceeding upper limit of anemogram.