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TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1974.
RAIN RECORDED ALMOST EVERYDAY IN JUNE
BUT RAINFALL FIGURE BELOW NORMAL
ALTHOUGH RAIN WAS RECORDED ON 25 DAYS IN JUNE, THE RAINFALL FIGURE TOTALLING 923.3 MM WAS STILL ABOUT 20 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL.
AND ACCORDING TO A MONTHLY WEATHER ROUNDUP ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY, THE WEATHER LAST MONTH WAS CLOUDIER AND DESS SUNNY THAN USUAL WITH ONLY 116.6 HOURS OF SUNSHINE RECORDED THE NINTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.
TYPHOON +DINAH+ AND A TROPICAL DERRESSION AFFECTED HONG KONG ON JUNE 11 AND JUNE 6 RESPECTIVELY, AND THE NO. 1 AND NO. 3 SIGNALS WERE HOISTED IN BOTH CASES.
FIFTEEN AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN JUNE DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
THIRTEEN THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND FOUR THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS WERE ISSUED DURING THE MONTH, BUT NO FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WERE ISSUED.
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 34 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JUNE 11, AND THIS WAS THE FOURTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. THE\MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 22.7 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JUNE 6.
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:
SUNSHINE RAINFALL
CLOUD INESS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
KEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MEAN TEMPERATURE
MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE MEAN DEV POINT
TOTAL EVAPORATION
116.6 HOURS= 323.3 MM=
82%=
82%==
30.2 DEG C= 27.4 DEG C=
25.4 DEG C= 24.0 DEG C= 145.1 MM=
43.3 HOURS BELOW NORMAL 77.9 MM BELOW NORMAL 4% ABOVE NORMAL
2% BELOW NORMAL
0.4 DEG C ABOVE NORMAL 0.1 DEG C ABOVE NORMAL NORMAL
0.2 DEG C BELOU NORMAL 14.3 MM BELOW NORMAL
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