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EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG, MAY 2015

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG,
MAY 2015 (Table 1)

Date
May
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 1010.3 30.8 27.2 25.4 23.6 81 76 0.5
2 1009.5 29.8 27.6 26.4 23.7 79 79 Trace
3 1009.7 30.4 28.2 27.0 24.2 79 81 Trace
4 1010.1 30.7 28.1 26.9 24.2 79 83 Trace
5 1008.9 30.5 27.3 24.3 24.0 82 86 3.9
6 1008.5 28.9 26.8 24.2 24.3 87 85 0.6
7 1009.7 30.6 28.0 26.5 24.8 83 81 0.3
8 1008.7 30.2 28.2 27.1 24.4 80 84 -
9 1008.5 30.5 27.3 24.2 24.1 83 81 7.3
10 1009.7 28.8 26.3 24.3 24.5 90 84 20.1
11 1010.3 29.4 25.6 23.3 24.1 91 85 51.0
12 1012.2 29.5 25.7 22.6 20.9 75 78 -
13 1012.2 28.4 26.4 25.2 23.5 84 85 -
14 1012.1 31.9 28.5 26.4 24.3 78 70 Trace
15 1011.4 32.6 29.1 27.1 24.7 78 73 -
16 1009.9 28.6 26.7 24.6 24.5 88 86 18.4
17 1008.3 29.6 26.4 24.5 24.0 87 86 5.7
18 1007.9 29.3 28.2 26.1 24.7 82 88 0.9
19 1006.9 29.3 28.6 27.6 25.5 83 88 1.2
20 1006.2 30.0 27.9 25.2 25.8 88 90 107.7
21 1008.4 25.3 24.2 23.1 22.7 92 93 12.6
22 1008.8 24.3 23.6 22.9 22.2 92 88 0.7
23 1006.2 27.4 24.8 23.9 24.3 97 96 169.4
24 1005.8 29.0 26.6 24.6 25.5 94 88 8.2
25 1006.6 32.5 28.4 25.4 25.8 86 78 29.4
26 1008.3 28.7 26.9 24.6 25.9 95 89 64.6
27 1007.0 31.0 29.2 27.8 26.3 84 86 0.2
28 1005.3 31.9 30.0 28.3 26.2 81 86 1.4
29 1006.5 32.5 30.3 29.1 26.2 79 83 -
30 1007.5 32.5 29.6 26.1 26.1 81 79 7.0
31 1007.3 31.5 29.3 26.7 26.1 83 86 1.9
Mean/Total 1008.7 29.9 27.5 25.5 24.5 85 84 513.0
Normal* 1009.3 28.4 25.9 24.1 22.6 83 76 304.7
Station Hong   Kong   Observatory

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG,
MAY 2015 (Table 2)

Date
May
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 5.0 14.74 3.5 120 15.0
2 0 2.5 12.05 3.0 200 22.4
3 0 5.2 17.54 6.1 210 19.5
4 0 5.5 16.74 5.3 210 19.2
5 0 1.6 10.11 2.7 200 22.9
6 0 1.3 9.36 2.6 170 19.4
7 0 3.0 11.62 3.3 180 15.0
8 0 1.4 11.45 2.5 180 22.5
9 0 2.1 11.27 3.2 210 21.1
10 0 1.1 10.24 4.8 030 14.1
11 0 1.9 12.60 N.A. 110 19.4
12 2 7.6 21.26 5.5 100 16.1
13 0 4.0 17.18 3.4 100 19.3
14 0 8.4 22.61 6.3 170 12.5
15 0 6.0 18.61 4.3 200 13.8
16 0 0.5 5.73 1.0 220 13.1
17 0 1.4 9.17 2.3 230 17.2
18 0 0.8 9.13 3.3 210 23.0
19 0 0.4 5.34 2.8 210 32.4
20 0 0.3 4.26 N.A. 220 34.3
21 0 - 5.28 1.9 070 41.6
22 0 - 6.19 N.A. 060 30.8
23 0 - 1.50 N.A. 210 18.8
24 0 0.6 8.93 8.1 030 6.0
25 0 5.9 19.01 N.A. 210 8.3
26 0 - 2.63 0.7 200 11.3
27 0 3.3 14.06 3.6 200 24.4
28 0 8.3 24.43 2.3 210 27.3
29 0 4.8 15.43 5.5 210 23.5
30 0 8.0 23.10 4.8 230 24.0
31 0 2.6 13.03 5.4 220 15.4
Mean/Total 2 93.5 12.41 98.2& 210 20.1
Normal* 49.8§ 140.4 14.19 110.7 080 19.7
StationHong   Kong
International   Airport
King's   Park Waglan   Island^

The minimum pressure recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 1003.6 hectopascals at 1731 HKT on 28 May.

The maximum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 32.6 degrees C at 1448 HKT on 15 May.

The minimum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 22.6 degrees C at 0548 HKT on 12 May.

The maximum gust peak speed recorded at Waglan Island was 85 kilometres per hour from 230 degrees at 1505 HKT on 17 May.

The maximum instantaneous rate of rainfall recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 270 millimetres per hour at 1632 HKT on 20 May.

# 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

§ 1997-2014 Mean value

& Data incomplete