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Tropical Cyclones in 2019 > Table 3.2.1

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2019

Table 3.2.1    Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when the tropical cyclone warning signals for Wipha 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) E 90 31/7 13:59 SE 51 1/8 08:00
Central Pier E 94 31/7 13:44 E 43 31/7 16:00
Cheung Chau ESE 108 1/8 07:18 E 72 1/8 08:00
Cheung Chau Beach ENE 115 31/7 16:30 E 68 1/8 07:00
Green Island ENE 112 31/7 13:46 ENE 59 31/7 16:00
Hong Kong International Airport ESE 79 1/8 07:32 ESE 47 1/8 08:00
Kai Tak E 79 31/7 14:01 E 34 31/7 19:00
King's Park E 75 31/7 15:43 E 31 1/8 07:00
Lamma Island ESE 77 1/8 07:15 E 43 1/8 05:00
Lau Fau Shan SE 90 1/8 07:49 E 31 30/7 17:00
North Point E 83 31/7 18:29 E 47 31/7 16:00
Peng Chau E 104 31/7 16:33 E 54 31/7 16:00
Ping Chau E 49 31/7 18:25 E 22 31/7 20:00
Sai Kung NE 92 31/7 17:50 ENE 40 31/7 16:00
ENE 40 31/7 20:00
Sha Chau SE 85 1/8 07:32 ESE 49 1/8 08:00
Sha Lo Wan E 99 1/8 07:34 E 41 31/7 22:00
Sha Tin ENE 62 31/7 22:02 SE 23 1/8 20:00
Shek Kong E 75 31/7 14:19 E 31 1/8 05:00
E 31 1/8 11:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) SE 90 1/8 07:27 E 45 1/8 08:00
Ta Kwu Ling ENE 58 31/7 14:16 E 23 1/8 00:00
Tai Mei Tuk E 94 31/7 22:55 E 59 1/8 07:00
Tai Mo Shan ESE 131 1/8 06:22 ESE 88 1/8 07:00
Tai Po Kau ESE 76 1/8 07:40 E 43 31/7 15:00
Tap Mun East* ESE 94 31/7 13:53 E 63 31/7 19:00
Tate's Cairn ESE 121 31/7 20:08 E 76 31/7 21:00
Tseung Kwan O ESE 63 31/7 19:27 ESE 20 1/8 20:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot SSE 77 1/8 07:30 ESE 31 1/8 08:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices ESE 90 1/8 07:50 SE 23 1/8 08:00
SE 23 1/8 21:00
Waglan Island E 117 31/7 13:48 E 70 31/7 19:00
Wetland Park E 62 31/7 14:13 E 20 30/7 18:00
Wong Chuk Hang ESE 96 1/8 07:15 NE 31 31/7 16:00

Ngong Ping - data not available

*based on incomplete data