Yesterday's Weather and Radiation Level

Bulletin issued at 00:15 HKT 17/Jan/2026

HKO Readings & Radiation level

Yesterday's Weather and Radiation Level:
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Hong Kong Observatory
Maximum Air Temperature                     24.0 C
Minimum Air Temperature                     16.9 C
Grass Minimum Temperature                   12.4 C
Relative Humidity                        39 - 80 Percent
Rainfall                                       0 mm 
Total rainfall since 1st January             1.0 mm
Against an average of                       16.3 mm

Other Stations                Min                  Max
King's Park                  15.6 C               24.1 C
Wong Chuk Hang               11.8 C               26.3 C
Ta Kwu Ling                   9.2 C               27.0 C
Lau Fau Shan                 14.0 C               23.8 C
Tai Po                       12.3 C               24.2 C
Sha Tin                      11.1 C               25.2 C
Tuen Mun                     14.7 C               25.9 C
Tseung Kwan O                12.3 C               24.9 C
Sai Kung                     13.3 C               22.2 C
Cheung Chau                  15.9 C               24.5 C
Chek Lap Kok                 15.4 C               25.0 C
Tsing Yi                     13.5 C               25.0 C
Shek Kong                    11.0 C               28.2 C
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon            14.0 C               25.0 C
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley   13.0 C               26.2 C
Hong Kong Park               15.7 C               24.5 C
Shau Kei Wan                 16.1 C               23.8 C
Kowloon City                 16.0 C               26.1 C
Wong Tai Sin                 13.7 C               26.3 C
Stanley                      14.3 C               23.9 C
Kwun Tong                    15.3 C               24.7 C
Sham Shui Po                 14.6 C               25.7 C
Kai Tak Runway Park          16.3 C               23.0 C
Yuen Long Park               12.3 C               28.3 C
Tai Mei Tuk                  14.0 C               24.9 C

Duration of sunshine (King's Park):9.8 H    
The mean UV index recorded at King's Park yesterday was 2the UV intensity was LOW 
The maximum UV index for yesterday was 5.

Yesterday's (16 Jan 2026) average ambient gamma radiation
dose rate taken outdoors in Hong Kong ranged from 0.09 to
0.15 microsievert per hour.  These are within the normal
range of fluctuation of the background radiation level in
Hong Kong (See Note). The average dose rates measured at the
radiation monitoring stations over various parts of the
territory were as follows :

Station                     Yesterday's average
                            (microsievert/hour)
Ping Chau                           0.09
Tap Mun                             0.09
Kat O                               0.10
Yuen Ng Fan                         0.12
Tai Mei Tuk                         0.12
Sha Tau Kok                         0.10
Kwun Tong                           0.13
Sai Wan Ho                          0.09
King's Park                         0.15
Tsim Bei Tsui                       0.14
Cape D'Aguilar                      0.14
Chek Lap Kok                        0.15   


Note
1.     From readings taken at various locations in Hong Kong in the
       past, the hourly mean ambient gamma radiation dose rate may
       vary between 0.06 and 0.3 microsievert per hour. (1
       microsievert = 0.000001 sievert = 0.001 millisievert)

2.     Temporal variations are generally caused by changes in
       meteorological conditions such as rainfall, wind and
       barometric pressure.

3.     Spatial variations are generally caused by differences in
       the radioactive content of local rock and soil.

4.     The data displayed is provisional. Only limited data
       validation has been carried out.

5.     The range of relative humidity in the daily weather summary
       originates from the observer's reports of Hourly
       Readings of the day. This follows the long-term practice of
       collecting climatological data of the Hong Kong Observatory
       for over a century. It may differ from the relative humidity
       range derived from the 1-minute reports of the automatic
       weather station.