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EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG, OCTOBER 2010

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG,
OCTOBER 2010

Date
OCTOBER
Mean
Pressure
(hPa)
Air   Temperature Mean
Dew Point
Temperature
(deg. C)
Mean
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Mean
Amount
of Cloud
(%)
Total
Rainfall
(mm)
Maximum
(deg. C)
Mean
(deg. C)
Minimum
(deg. C)
1 1012.4 30.5 27.6 25.8 23.7 80 71 Trace
2 1011.7 31.6 28.4 26.0 23.3 74 63 -
3 1012.4 30.7 28.1 26.3 22.4 72 83 Trace
4 1013.7 26.6 25.5 24.2 18.9 67 92 Trace
5 1013.9 25.1 24.1 22.9 19.9 78 89 2.2
6 1013.6 25.4 24.2 22.3 20.9 82 90 0.9
7 1012.3 26.6 25.4 24.5 21.2 78 91 Trace
8 1010.7 28.3 26.4 25.2 22.4 79 88 Trace
9 1009.2 27.0 25.8 23.9 22.3 81 88 1.4
10 1009.2 26.1 25.0 24.1 23.7 93 89 10.2
11 1012.0 28.0 26.4 25.3 25.1 93 87 3.7
12 1013.0 30.5 27.6 26.1 24.7 85 57 Trace
13 1011.9 30.9 27.6 25.6 24.2 83 40 -
14 1010.9 30.8 27.9 26.4 24.5 82 58 -
15 1012.9 27.3 26.0 23.5 23.4 86 87 3.9
16 1013.5 26.6 25.2 23.5 21.4 80 84 0.2
17 1013.7 28.9 26.4 24.6 22.1 77 76 Trace
18 1012.3 30.4 26.6 25.2 21.2 73 61 Trace
19 1009.8 28.4 26.1 24.2 18.2 62 81 -
20 1006.4 28.7 26.4 24.9 18.6 62 86 -
21 1004.1 28.2 25.5 23.2 18.4 65 88 Trace
22 1005.3 25.0 23.6 21.5 17.0 67 84 0.2
23 1005.1 27.8 24.9 22.6 16.9 61 55 -
24 1007.9 26.9 25.1 22.7 18.5 67 56 -
25 1011.0 28.1 24.9 22.9 18.6 68 64 -
26 1016.2 24.3 22.3 19.9 17.3 73 88 Trace
27 1019.1 22.9 20.0 17.6 11.9 60 42 -
28 1019.2 22.7 18.7 15.7 8.5 52 4 -
29 1020.8 22.6 19.1 16.3 8.5 51 14 -
30 1021.8 23.0 19.3 16.3 7.7 47 7 -
31 1020.3 24.0 20.0 16.7 10.4 55 4 -
Mean/Total 1012.5 27.2 24.8 22.9 19.2 72 67 22.7
Normal* 1014.0 27.7 25.3 23.4 19.9 74 57 151.9
Station Hong   Kong   Observatory

Date
OCTOBER
Number of hours
of Reduced
Visibility#
(hours)
Total
Bright
Sunshine
(hours)
Daily
Global Solar
Radiation
(MJ/m2)
Total
Evaporation
(mm)
Prevailing
Wind
Direction
(degrees)
Mean
Wind
Speed
(km/h)
1 0 9.1 21.12 5.3 070 40.1
2 0 9.2 20.28 5.6 050 28.8
3 0 7.4 16.34 7.0 030 26.9
4 0 1.1 8.70 3.6 030 30.3
5 0 - 4.59 0.1 080 35.6
6 0 0.8 8.33 2.9 080 39.4
7 0 0.4 6.93 2.3 060 36.8
8 0 2.3 11.70 2.1 070 31.2
9 0 0.9 9.09 2.4 080 35.7
10 0 - 1.33 0.6 100 42.2
11 1 2.5 10.25 1.4 090 30.8
12 0 8.3 18.86 4.5 080 19.0
13 0 8.5 18.91 4.0 070 18.8
14 0 8.2 18.18 4.6 070 21.5
15 0 1.7 8.52 3.4 090 30.4
16 0 3.1 11.32 2.9 050 36.8
17 1 7.7 18.06 5.1 080 41.1
18 8 9.5 18.39 6.0 090 22.6
19 0 6.5 13.49 5.3 020 29.8
20 2 3.2 10.66 5.3 020 40.6
21 1 2.0 10.74 3.6 010 45.6
22 3 3.4 5.51 2.0 010 35.9
23 2 7.3 15.22 4.6 010 17.9
24 0 5.8 15.40 4.8 010 13.0
25 0 6.5 15.36 5.1 020 25.6
26 0 0.3 5.70 4.0 020 34.7
27 0 8.5 17.41 6.1 020 37.7
28 0 10.4 19.92 5.6 020 36.2
29 0 10.3 19.14 4.8 020 35.0
30 0 10.3 18.94 6.4 020 32.1
31 0 10.3 19.71 3.3 020 25.1
Mean/Total 18 165.5 13.49 124.7 020 31.5
Normal* 176.5§ 191.1 14.46 136.4 080 28.7
Station Hong   Kong
International   Airport
King's   Park Waglan   Island^

The minimum pressure recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 1002.0 hectopascals at 1434 HKT on 21 October.

The maximum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 31.6 degrees C at 1259 HKT on 2 October.

The minimum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 15.7 degrees C at 0708 HKT on 28 October.

The maximum gust peak speed recorded at Waglan Island was 65 kilometres per hour from 010 degrees at 0719 HKT on 28 October.

The maximum instantaneous rate of rainfall recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 72 millimetres per hour at 0027 HKT on 11 October.

# Reduced visibility refers to visibility below 8 kilometres when there is no fog, mist, or precipitation.

-The visibility readings at the Hong Kong International Airport are based on hourly observations by professional meteorological observers in 2004 and before, and average readings over the 10-minute period before the clock hour of the visibility meter near the middle of the south runway from 2005 onwards. The change of the data source in 2005 is an improvement of the visibility assessment using instrumented observations following the international trend.

-Before 10 October 2007, the number of hours of reduced visibility at the Hong Kong International Airport in 2005 and thereafter displayed in this web page was based on hourly visibility observations by professional meteorological observers. Since 10 October 2007, the data have been revised using the average visibility readings over the 10- minute period before the clock hour, as recorded by the visibility meter near the middle of the south runway.

^ In case the data are not available from Waglan Island, observations of Cheung Chau or other nearby weather stations will be incorporated in computing the Prevailing Wind Direction and Mean Wind Speed.

* 1971-2000 Climatological Normal, unless otherwise specified

§ 1997-2009 Mean value