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EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG, JANUARY 2013

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG,
JANUARY 2013 (Table 1)

Date
JANUARY
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 1020.6 17.4 13.9 10.8 4.5 54 67 -
2 1019.4 19.3 16.8 14.9 9.7 64 57 -
3 1022.9 19.1 16.8 14.5 11.6 72 84 -
4 1021.0 14.6 12.9 11.3 7.9 72 88 -
5 1018.5 17.0 14.3 11.9 9.3 72 58 -
6 1019.1 17.1 15.1 13.9 9.7 71 36 -
7 1018.3 17.5 15.2 12.7 9.9 71 44 -
8 1017.5 20.3 17.5 16.0 10.9 65 67 -
9 1019.5 18.3 16.2 14.6 9.1 63 57 -
10 1021.0 16.3 14.7 13.1 8.1 65 83 -
11 1020.7 18.8 16.3 14.6 11.3 73 43 -
12 1018.7 18.7 16.4 14.1 10.7 69 72 Trace
13 1015.5 19.2 16.8 14.1 11.0 69 24 -
14 1019.1 18.7 15.7 12.8 9.3 66 9 -
15 1021.3 17.1 15.9 14.1 11.3 74 77 -
16 1021.2 21.4 17.4 14.9 11.9 71 4 -
17 1024.4 19.6 16.9 15.2 10.7 67 26 -
18 1026.8 16.6 14.6 13.3 8.9 69 70 -
19 1023.4 17.4 15.0 12.9 9.5 70 60 -
20 1020.6 19.1 17.8 15.8 13.2 75 85 -
21 1019.6 22.8 20.4 18.9 16.0 76 78 -
22 1019.1 25.6 21.4 18.9 17.3 78 59 Trace
23 1019.3 20.0 18.1 16.8 15.7 86 81 -
24 1018.4 21.5 18.9 16.6 14.9 78 44 -
25 1019.2 20.8 18.1 15.9 13.2 74 40 -
26 1018.9 19.8 17.7 16.3 14.1 80 74 2.8
27 1022.0 17.7 16.4 15.5 13.8 85 86 0.6
28 1022.4 18.6 16.2 14.2 9.7 66 49 -
29 1021.9 21.2 17.8 16.0 11.7 68 56 Trace
30 1022.6 20.4 18.1 16.6 13.2 74 56 -
31 1021.7 20.9 18.6 16.9 12.0 66 55 -
Mean/Total 1020.5 19.1 16.7 14.8 11.3 71 58 3.4
Normal* 1020.3 18.6 16.3 14.5 11.4 74 61 24.7
Station Hong   Kong   Observatory

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG,
JANUARY 2013 (Table 2)


Date
JANUARY
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 5.7 13.23 2.4 030 18.0
2 7 4.7 12.04 2.8 060 23.6
3 1 4.0 10.09 3.1 050 29.2
4 8 - 4.02 1.6 020 23.3
5 9 7.9 15.25 3.2 020 19.3
6 17 8.1 15.40 1.9 020 15.2
7 19 7.5 14.88 2.9 010 15.0
8 22 6.9 12.54 3.0 020 11.3
9 17 6.4 13.28 3.2 020 23.5
10 20 1.4 6.46 1.6 020 25.2
11 23 8.4 13.68 2.5 070 21.1
12 24 2.1 8.15 2.3 030 12.3
13 20 9.4 15.47 3.0 010 10.1
14 8 9.8 16.80 2.7 020 22.5
15 7 0.6 6.71 1.1 070 30.3
16 18 9.6 15.25 2.5 050 17.3
17 4 9.5 15.09 4.0 070 29.5
18 21 4.1 11.59 2.0 090 25.9
19 1 8.0 15.31 3.3 070 28.7
20 0 - 4.80 1.0 060 25.0
21 2 3.9 12.15 2.2 050 20.6
22 13 7.9 14.83 3.0 040 13.6
23 19 2.3 8.27 3.0 070 18.6
24 22 7.5 14.63 1.5 050 13.3
25 17 7.7 14.17 2.4 060 16.6
26 16 7.1 15.05 3.1 070 22.3
27 19 0.1 3.95 2.1 040 19.2
28 9 8.2 16.50 3.2 080 35.0
29 0 6.9 15.45 3.0 060 22.0
30 0 9.4 18.22 3.8 050 25.8
31 0 8.9 18.07 3.2 060 23.8
Mean/Total 363 184.0 12.62 80.6 060 21.2
Normal* 246.5§ 143.0 10.17 71.3 060 25.3
Station Hong   Kong
International   Airport
King's   Park Waglan   Island^

The minimum pressure recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 1012.7 hectopascals at 1513 HKT on 13 January.

The maximum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 25.6 degrees C at 1255 HKT on 22 January.

The minimum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 10.8 degrees C at 0621 HKT on 1 January.

The maximum gust peak speed recorded at Waglan Island was 56 kilometres per hour from 080 degrees at 0507 HKT on 15 January.

The maximum instantaneous rate of rainfall recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 13 millimetres per hour at 2230 HKT on 26 January.

# 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

§ 1997-2012 Mean value