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Tropical Cyclones in 2019 > Table 4.6

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2019

Tabble 4.6    Duration of tropical cyclone warning signals issued in Hong Kong : 1956 - 2019

Signal
Number of
occasions
Duration of each occasion
Total duration per year
Mean
(hr min)
Maximum
(hr min)
Minimum
(hr min)
Mean
(hr min)
Maximum
(hr min)
Minimum
(hr min)
1 or higher 394 42    46 161    00
(Tilda, 1964)		 4    30
(T.D., 2000)		 263   16 570    15
(1964) 		36   35
(1959)
3 or higher 263 28    57 124    15
(Mary, 1960)		 4    05
(T.D., 2006)		 118    59 306    35
(1974)		 15    05
(2004)
8 or higher 97 14    24 66    50
(Mary, 1960)		 2    40
(Wynne, 1984)		 21    49 100    55
(1964)		 0    0
8 NW 29 05    48 15    45 1    30 2    38 18    00 0    0
8 SW 35 04    58 10    45 2    00 2    43 16   10 0    0
8 NE 65 07    36 35    35 1    35 7    43 40    20 0    0
8 SE 53 07    30 21    45 0    20 6    13 31    15 0    0
9 or higher 23 07    05 12    25
(York, 1999)		 2    00
(Dujuan, 2003)		 2    33 19    25
(1964)		 0    0
10 15 06    26 11    00
(York, 1999)		 2    30
(Alice, 1961) 		1     31 12    10
(1964)		 0    0

Note:( ) are the years and the names of the tropical cyclones which created the record.