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EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG, DECEMBER 2013

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

Date
DECEMBER
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 1021.8 20.7 17.1 14.3 6.3 50 4 -
2 1020.4 21.4 17.7 14.6 7.6 52 10 -
3 1019.2 21.5 18.9 17.3 12.2 66 31 -
4 1018.2 22.8 19.2 16.2 8.6 52 6 -
5 1017.9 21.4 18.3 15.8 7.5 50 5 -
6 1016.9 21.4 18.3 15.7 6.6 47 0 -
7 1017.4 22.1 19.3 16.6 12.3 65 5 -
8 1015.2 21.4 20.0 18.2 15.2 74 77 Trace
9 1013.6 24.9 22.0 19.8 13.9 61 67 -
10 1014.5 21.7 20.1 18.4 13.4 66 80 -
11 1017.0 20.6 19.2 17.8 12.6 66 85 -
12 1017.2 19.3 18.0 16.6 11.3 65 88 Trace
13 1017.9 20.7 19.2 17.9 14.7 75 88 Trace
14 1018.8 20.5 18.8 17.2 16.0 84 92 13.0
15 1016.7 17.6 17.0 16.5 16.6 98 96 22.7
16 1015.0 17.2 13.6 12.2 12.9 96 91 24.8
17 1016.4 13.1 12.3 11.4 11.4 94 92 27.8
18 1019.8 13.4 10.9 9.2 5.6 71 44 -
19 1022.0 15.0 12.0 9.5 5.6 65 40 -
20 1022.9 16.4 13.9 11.3 7.2 64 67 -
21 1024.1 16.0 14.4 13.1 7.3 62 74 -
22 1024.3 16.0 13.5 11.3 6.3 62 26 -
23 1022.5 17.9 14.6 11.3 6.3 58 13 -
24 1023.1 17.9 14.8 12.2 7.1 60 25 -
25 1021.5 17.6 15.3 13.4 6.8 57 46 -
26 1021.1 17.3 14.8 12.5 2.8 45 1 -
27 1023.5 15.5 13.0 11.3 0.6 43 0 -
28 1022.9 14.6 12.0 9.9 0.8 47 0 -
29 1023.0 15.3 12.1 9.3 2.0 51 0 -
30 1022.5 16.3 13.8 10.7 3.4 50 4 -
31 1021.1 18.1 15.3 12.5 4.5 49 0 -
Mean/Total 1019.6 18.6 16.1 14.0 8.6 63 40 88.3
Normal* 1020.5 20.2 17.9 15.9 11.9 69 52 26.8
Station Hong   Kong   Observatory

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


Date
DECEMBER
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 9.8 17.19 3.5 030 18.9
2 0 9.8 17.69 2.8 030 21.5
3 0 8.5 16.08 3.1 060 24.8
4 4 9.6 15.62 5.0 030 15.7
5 0 9.6 16.60 3.2 030 18.6
6 1 9.6 16.23 4.1 030 19.6
7 13 9.4 15.06 0.7 040 18.7
8 16 1.1 8.20 2.8 060 23.9
9 24 5.6 12.25 4.3 030 18.4
10 24 5.1 10.90 3.2 030 29.8
11 24 1.4 7.79 4.7 060 26.7
12 23 0.8 7.50 1.2 060 33.7
13 16 0.5 4.32 1.5 040 20.8
14 10 0.1 4.23 1.2 060 35.5
15 0 - 1.61 0.8 050 38.3
16 0 - 2.09 0.5 020 39.6
17 0 - 2.42 0.9 020 26.5
18 0 9.0 17.61 3.4 020 41.2
19 0 8.6 16.62 3.0 020 32.0
20 0 7.0 14.05 3.1 040 23.3
21 11 2.1 9.33 2.7 030 25.0
22 24 9.1 15.42 3.2 030 22.5
23 23 9.3 14.90 3.1 030 20.3
24 14 9.1 14.92 2.0 020 22.4
25 22 7.5 12.57 3.2 020 17.6
26 7 9.4 15.65 5.6 020 34.8
27 23 8.9 14.14 2.7 030 36.5
28 18 8.4 12.86 3.3 030 22.5
29 5 9.4 15.03 2.6 030 21.9
30 6 9.3 14.51 3.1 030 10.3
31 10 9.4 14.93 2.2 020 9.4
Mean/Total 318 197.4 12.20 86.7 030 24.9
Normal* 233.7§ 172.2 10.89 83.7 070 26.0
Station Hong   Kong
International   Airport
King's   Park Waglan   Island^

The minimum pressure recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 1011.3 hectopascals at 1504 HKT on 9 December.

The maximum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 24.9 degrees C at 1309 HKT on 9 December.

The minimum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 9.2 degrees C at 0706 HKT on 18 December.

The maximum gust peak speed recorded at Waglan Island was 70 kilometres per hour from 070 degrees at 0154 HKT on 15 December.

The maximum instantaneous rate of rainfall recorded at King's Park was 97 millimetres per hour at 1330 HKT on 15 December.

# 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