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EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG, AUGUST 2019

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG, AUGUST 2019 (Table 1)

Date August 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 1000.1 27.6 26.4 24.9 25.2 94 94 98.3
2 1002.1 28.5 27.0 25.4 25.3 91 88 8.2
3 1002.7 27.5 26.7 25.3 25.1 91 88 28.4
4 1002.7 30.2 27.9 26.9 24.6 83 87 Trace
5 1003.1 34.5 29.7 26.5 25.0 77 34 -
6 1002.7 32.2 29.8 28.7 25.4 78 65 Trace
7 1000.7 33.6 30.1 28.0 23.8 70 43 -
8 998.5 33.5 30.4 27.7 25.1 74 43 -
9 997.2 35.1 31.3 28.1 26.2 75 36 -
10 999.0 33.2 30.6 29.4 27.4 83 83 -
11 1000.7 32.7 30.4 29.2 26.9 82 85 1.1
12 1001.6 34.0 30.8 29.2 27.0 80 78 0.4
13 1001.7 33.3 30.8 28.8 26.6 79 67 9.2
14 1002.0 33.4 30.0 25.2 26.2 80 70 54.4
15 1001.9 32.4 30.0 26.5 25.8 79 69 5.6
16 1003.4 32.0 30.0 27.6 26.2 81 82 1.1
17 1005.6 30.1 28.0 25.9 25.5 87 87 42.2
18 1005.1 31.6 27.8 25.0 25.2 86 84 19.0
19 1003.9 31.8 28.8 26.8 25.6 83 81 0.1
20 1004.8 31.7 29.1 28.0 25.2 79 74 Trace
21 1005.9 32.8 29.5 27.6 24.3 74 74 -
22 1006.6 33.0 29.7 27.5 25.3 77 62 -
23 1006.7 31.4 29.4 28.2 25.5 80 65 0.7
24 1002.3 33.9 30.9 27.7 25.9 75 56 -
25 1000.8 32.6 27.2 25.1 25.2 89 95 88.4
26 1006.3 28.7 25.7 22.9 24.7 95 81 178.3
27 1008.1 31.4 28.6 26.9 26.3 88 57 2.9
28 1006.2 33.8 29.9 27.2 25.4 77 72 -
29 1005.6 30.7 29.0 27.8 25.8 83 80 5.9
30 1007.6 30.1 27.7 25.0 25.1 86 83 8.5
31 1007.8 30.3 26.9 25.0 25.3 91 90 43.7
Mean/Total 1003.3 31.9 29.0 26.9 25.6 82 73 596.4
Normal* 1005.2 31.1 28.6 26.6 25.0 81 69 432.2
Station Hong   Kong   Observatory

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG, AUGUST 2019 (Table 2)

Date August 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 - 1.44 0.6 100 48.0
2 0 1.6 10.20 1.1 080 35.1
3 0 - 7.47 1.4 060 27.8
4 0 1.7 12.65 2.6 050 20.8
5 0 11.5 26.59 5.4 030 12.8
6 0 2.7 10.46 3.0 030 12.5
7 0 8.2 21.86 4.4 050 15.3
8 2 10.9 24.44 5.5 230 17.0
9 0 11.0 22.86 5.2 240 26.6
10 0 4.8 16.79 4.1 240 40.3
11 0 7.8 20.74 4.7 230 40.4
12 0 8.5 23.78 5.1 240 33.9
13 0 10.8 25.99 5.9 230 34.1
14 0 7.7 22.26 4.9 230 29.3
15 0 8.6 23.02 5.0 240 31.2
16 0 3.8 13.55 4.2 230 28.8
17 0 3.2 9.14 1.2 230 19.0
18 0 4.9 12.55 2.0 230 19.1
19 0 4.0 13.52 2.5 280 6.4
20 0 7.5 18.97 4.4 090 17.4
21 0 9.7 23.65 5.5 060 14.8
22 0 9.4 20.04 3.9 080 5.9
23 0 3.8 13.56 1.9 080 4.9
24 7 10.0 21.10 4.3 260 21.2
25 0 - 2.46 3.5 260 27.1
26 0 1.4 8.55 1.6 050 16.7
27 0 4.3 15.48 3.1 120 16.0
28 1 10.2 20.10 5.2 070 17.7
29 0 4.7 15.28 2.6 070 34.7
30 0 3.6 11.94 2.1 090 14.8
31 0 2.3 12.39 2.6 070 25.5
Mean/Total 10 178.6 16.22 109.5 240 23.1
Normal* 46.0§ 188.9 15.63 134.9 230 19.4
StationHong   Kong
International   Airport
King's   Park Waglan   Island^

The minimum pressure recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 995.3 hectopascals at 1545 HKT on 9 August.

The maximum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 35.1 degrees C at 1509 HKT on 9 August.

The minimum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 22.9 degrees C at 0117 HKT on 26 August.

The maximum gust peak speed recorded at Waglan Island was 112 kilometres per hour from 110 degrees at 0717 HKT on 1 August.

The maximum 1-minute mean rainfall rate recorded at King's Park was 198 millimetres per hour at 0045 HKT on 25 August.

# 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

§ 1997-2018 Mean value