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EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG, OCTOBER 2012

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG,
OCTOBER 2012 (Table 1)

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 1013.8 27.2 26.0 24.9 20.8 73 86 Trace
2 1013.3 29.3 26.2 24.3 20.7 72 64 -
3 1010.8 29.5 26.1 24.2 20.9 74 44 -
4 1010.4 29.3 26.0 24.0 21.3 76 51 -
5 1013.4 30.0 26.6 24.9 20.2 69 41 0.1
6 1015.3 30.1 26.9 24.9 21.4 73 54 Trace
7 1015.6 29.4 26.6 25.1 20.4 69 63 Trace
8 1014.1 29.0 26.5 25.2 21.0 72 78 -
9 1013.0 29.2 26.2 24.2 21.0 73 60 -
10 1012.8 29.6 26.3 24.0 18.4 63 23 -
11 1012.9 29.0 25.8 23.3 18.2 64 55 -
12 1012.9 28.2 25.3 23.6 19.6 71 44 -
13 1012.5 27.8 25.3 23.1 20.4 74 67 -
14 1013.6 28.5 25.7 23.8 21.3 77 71 -
15 1015.1 29.1 26.3 24.9 21.2 74 58 -
16 1014.7 28.9 26.2 24.9 21.2 74 61 Trace
17 1014.1 29.5 26.5 24.4 20.1 69 51 -
18 1016.4 26.4 24.6 23.2 18.4 69 84 -
19 1017.5 26.7 24.6 23.4 19.4 73 66 Trace
20 1017.3 27.5 24.9 23.5 20.3 75 53 Trace
21 1017.4 28.7 25.0 22.4 19.5 72 32 -
22 1015.9 29.8 25.7 22.9 20.3 73 20 -
23 1014.6 30.7 26.3 23.7 20.8 73 33 Trace
24 1015.0 28.7 25.6 24.0 20.5 74 50 -
25 1014.7 28.8 25.8 24.2 20.9 75 44 -
26 1014.1 26.7 25.1 23.8 20.6 77 85 0.7
27 1014.7 27.8 26.1 24.0 22.0 78 82 0.8
28 1015.9 28.3 26.2 24.9 21.9 77 79 -
29 1014.2 25.7 25.3 24.6 21.8 81 88 0.4
30 1012.5 24.8 23.2 19.9 22.3 95 90 33.3
31 1015.9 22.8 19.8 17.7 15.8 79 67 11.1
Mean/Total 1014.3 28.3 25.6 23.7 20.4 74 59 46.4
Normal* 1014.1 27.8 25.5 23.7 20.2 73 58 100.9
Station Hong   Kong   Observatory

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG,
OCTOBER 2012 (Table 2)


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 1.0 10.97 3.7 090 34.1
2 0 9.3 19.25 4.6 080 29.7
3 0 9.3 19.89 4.6 090 20.3
4 4 8.7 17.54 4.5 090 20.8
5 0 9.5 20.31 5.0 110 31.8
6 0 8.1 18.32 5.5 100 28.8
7 1 8.8 18.95 5.8 100 30.0
8 3 6.0 14.69 4.0 110 23.8
9 11 7.6 14.87 4.5 090 14.9
10 7 10.2 19.58 5.2 020 18.1
11 8 10.0 19.37 6.1 110 16.8
12 8 8.5 17.85 2.7 100 15.5
13 8 5.5 12.53 2.9 100 12.9
14 21 5.5 14.24 3.9 160 11.2
15 11 7.1 16.36 4.2 110 14.0
16 0 4.0 11.90 3.4 110 13.7
17 14 6.1 14.60 6.0 020 25.4
18 0 0.6 7.43 3.0 020 28.9
19 0 7.0 16.82 3.7 090 33.2
20 0 9.3 18.96 4.9 100 26.3
21 0 8.4 18.91 3.9 100 23.6
22 0 9.7 18.15 3.5 130 13.1
23 6 10.0 18.75 5.0 110 16.2
24 0 9.2 19.08 4.7 090 30.9
25 0 9.3 18.50 4.5 090 27.7
26 0 1.2 8.35 2.0 060 35.7
27 0 0.8 9.67 3.0 080 37.2
28 0 6.2 15.09 3.8 090 37.9
29 14 - 3.37 2.4 090 45.7
30 1 - 2.49 1.3 080 40.5
31 0 2.9 7.27 3.5 020 38.6
Mean/Total 117 199.8 14.97 125.8 100 25.7
Normal* 158.5§ 193.9 14.05 123.9 080 27.4
Station Hong   Kong
International   Airport
King's   Park Waglan   Island^

The minimum pressure recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 1008.6 hectopascals at 1514 HKT on 4 October.

The maximum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 30.7 degrees C at 1302 HKT on 23 October.

The minimum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 17.7 degrees C at 0627 HKT on 31 October.

The maximum gust peak speed recorded at Waglan Island was 65 kilometres per hour from 090 degrees at 0657 HKT on 29 October.

The maximum instantaneous rate of rainfall recorded at King's Park was 74 millimetres per hour at 0425 HKT on 30 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.

* 1981 - 2010 Climatological Normal, unless otherwise specified

§ 1997-2011 Mean value