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Tropical Cyclones in 2020 > Table 4.6

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2020

Tabble 4.6    Duration of tropical cyclone warning signals issued in Hong Kong : 1956 - 2020

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 399 42      43 161      00
(Tilda, 1964)		 4      30
(T.D., 2000)		 262     13 570      15
(1964) 		36     35
(1959)
3 or higher 268 28      55 124      15
(Mary, 1960)		 4      05
(T.D., 2006)		 119      12 306      35
(1974)		 15      5
(2004)
8 or higher 99 14      22 66      50
(Mary, 1960)		 2      40
(Wynne, 1984)		 21      53 100      55
(1964)		 0      0
8 NW 29 05      48 15      45 1      30 2      35 18      00 0      0
8 SW 35 04      58 10      45 2      00 2      40 16      10 0      0
8 NE 67 07      37 35      35 1      35 7      51 40      20 0      0
8 SE 54 07      26 21      45 0      20 6      10 31      15 0      0
9 or higher 24 07      02 12      25
(York, 1999)		 2      00
(Dujuan, 2003)		 2      36 19      25
(1964)		 0      0
10 15 06      26 11      00
(York, 1999)		 2      30
(Alice, 1961) 		1     29 12      10
(1964)		 0      0

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