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EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG, APRIL 2013

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

Date
APRIL
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 1015.4 22.4 20.1 18.6 17.3 84 85 0.1
2 1014.0 22.5 21.1 20.0 19.9 93 86 13.3
3 1012.0 20.0 19.1 18.2 17.6 91 90 9.2
4 1007.8 20.2 19.3 18.5 18.6 96 88 0.5
5 1003.0 26.2 23.3 19.7 22.5 95 88 34.7
6 1008.0 25.0 20.4 17.1 16.0 77 79 36.8
7 1013.0 19.0 17.4 15.2 10.9 66 77 -
8 1013.0 19.5 18.8 18.0 14.7 77 87 Trace
9 1014.3 21.2 19.4 18.4 18.5 95 88 25.1
10 1017.2 19.8 18.4 17.7 17.4 93 89 14.1
11 1017.7 18.4 17.3 16.0 15.4 89 88 13.8
12 1019.4 19.0 17.2 15.7 15.0 87 82 2.1
13 1017.0 23.1 19.9 17.5 12.9 64 78 -
14 1013.6 24.3 21.6 19.7 15.6 69 61 -
15 1010.9 27.1 22.9 19.5 18.8 79 30 -
16 1008.9 25.2 22.8 21.0 21.0 89 73 0.4
17 1008.1 26.1 24.8 23.0 23.7 94 88 15.6
18 1008.5 27.8 25.5 24.2 23.9 91 85 8.2
19 1009.0 28.1 25.2 21.7 23.9 93 86 8.9
20 1011.0 25.4 22.7 20.8 21.4 92 82 12.2
21 1014.1 23.9 22.0 20.4 20.0 88 87 0.3
22 1015.5 20.5 19.8 18.9 18.0 89 88 1.0
23 1014.5 26.4 22.1 19.4 20.1 89 76 0.5
24 1012.7 29.8 25.0 22.0 21.8 83 59 -
25 1011.1 30.6 26.0 23.1 23.0 85 74 30.3
26 1013.0 23.5 22.1 21.1 19.1 84 87 2.9
27 1012.8 24.2 21.5 20.5 17.2 77 88 Trace
28 1012.8 23.4 22.1 20.7 20.1 89 88 Trace
29 1012.0 25.6 23.7 22.1 22.5 93 86 Trace
30 1009.0 29.3 24.4 21.1 22.3 89 83 23.8
Mean/Total 1012.3 23.9 21.5 19.7 19.0 86 81 253.8
Normal* 1012.9 25.0 22.6 20.8 19.4 83 81 174.7
Station Hong   Kong   Observatory

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


Date
APRIL
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 11.21 1.0 060 26.0
2 1 0.1 4.74 1.1 040 16.9
3 9 0.3 5.09 0.6 070 35.2
4 4 - 4.59 0.8 060 24.0
5 0 - 1.40 1.3 240 21.5
6 0 2.7 8.09 3.9 020 35.8
7 0 - 7.86 2.6 020 29.8
8 2 - 5.39 1.5 070 32.8
9 0 0.5 5.21 1.3 040 23.8
10 0 - 2.83 0.5 040 25.0
11 0 - 0.98 0.5 080 32.3
12 1 0.4 6.10 3.3 060 25.8
13 0 5.1 16.90 2.3 090 19.3
14 17 5.3 14.23 3.5 010 12.5
15 22 10.8 22.61 3.8 060 10.5
16 5 - 5.25 0.4 040 6.4
17 1 - 2.83 0.3 210 14.0
18 0 0.9 7.88 1.8 220 13.8
19 0 0.8 10.75 2.3 230 14.7
20 0 3.8 15.32 3.7 040 17.3
21 1 0.3 6.86 2.4 090 31.6
22 9 - 5.09 1.9 080 38.1
23 3 4.9 16.35 2.5 060 21.9
24 0 6.4 18.55 3.3 040 7.7
25 0 6.9 20.52 N.A. 220 10.2
26 0 0.1 4.23 1.8 080 32.8
27 9 0.6 12.06 2.5 070 35.7
28 12 - 6.45 1.8 070 28.5
29 2 0.3 8.26 1.9 090 22.4
30 0 2.4 11.63 3.1 220 20.4
Mean/Total 98 53.6 8.98 57.7& 070 22.9
Normal* 95.8§ 101.7 11.60 83.8 070 20.9
Station Hong   Kong
International   Airport
King's   Park Waglan   Island^

The minimum pressure recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 1000.1 hectopascals at 1629 HKT on 5 April.

The maximum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 30.6 degrees C at 1514 HKT on 25 April.

The minimum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 15.2 degrees C at 0514 HKT on 7 April.

The maximum gust peak speed recorded at Waglan Island was 85 kilometres per hour from 320 degrees at 1522 HKT on 30 April.

The maximum instantaneous rate of rainfall recorded at King's Park was 252 millimetres per hour at 0916 HKT on 5 April.

# 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

& Total for 29 days