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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13гп MAY, 1899.
Table VIII.
Mean Diurnal
Weight
RAINFALL.
of Water
Baro-
Month.
Variabi-Vapour in
metric
Tide.
lity of
Troy
Hourly Intensity
MEAN DIRECTION OF CLOUDS WHENCE
COMING.
NUMBER OF DAYS
WITH
CLOUDS BELOW.
Grains in
of
Temper-each cnbic
Rain.
Meau.
1898.
ature.
foot of Air.
1898.
Lower. Upper. Cirrus.
2000 ft. 1000 ft.
January,
0.108
2o.80
3.91
1.545
1.160
0.012
E 3° SS 45° W
4
3
February,
0.097 2.47
5.08
2.091
2.520
0.027
E 29° SW 13°S
15
March,
0.110 2.26
5.51
2.991
0.170
0.003
E 5° SS 20° W
21
April,.....
0.096
2.20
6.35
5.980
3.440
0.036
E 6° S W 20° S
:
19
10
8 8.8
10
10
May,
0.090
1.65
8.63
13.159
5.700
0.071
E51SS 15° W
16
4
June,
0.079
1.34
9.47
16.496 14.250
0.124
S 15° W W 36° N
24
July,
0.068
0.76
9.21
14.210 7.055
0.101
S 38° EE 25°N
12
2.
August,
0.075
1 .25
9.33
13.482
9.900
0.114
$ 31°E W 5° S
September,
0.088 0.91
8.95
8.833 5.295
0.230
E 46° SW 18° N
October,........ 0.093 2..02
6.27
5.794
6.720
0.100
E 36° NN 30° E
November,...... 0.105 2.44
4.87
1.302 0.790
December,
0.111
1 .99
8.27
0.985 0.025
0.030
0.008
E34° N S 31°W
:
:
:..
3
0
E 1° NW 20° S
O
Mean,......
0.093 1.84
6.74
86.868
57.025 0.071
E24° SW 2° N
131
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Table IX.
Monthly Extremes of the Principal Meteorological Elements registered during the Year 1898.
BAROMETER.
TEMPERATURE.
HUMI-
DITY.
VAPOUR TENSION.
RAIN.
WIND VELO-
CITY.
RADIA- TION.
MONTH.
Max. Min.
Max.
Min.
Min.
Max. Min.
Daily Hourly Max.
Max.
Sun
Max.
January,
30.352 29.848
74.3
46.1
14
0.678
0.068
0.340 0.090
35
137.8
February,
.206
.421
77.2
46.6
13
.804
.070
1.190 0.400
36
127.0
March,
.084
.667
79.8
58.2
54
.772
.285
0.055
0.025
39
139.8
April,..
.117
.633 86.3
57.9
42
.830
.307
1.645
0.500
46
141.7
May,
29.892
.495 91.5
64.9
44
.981
.390
2.350 0.635
37
148.2
June,
.725
.300
91.1
73.6
53
.992
.747
3.505 0.845
46
149.3
July,
.853
.344 88.7
76.3
49
.991
.611
1.270 0.340
August,
.784
.088 90.4
74.7
57
1.039
.701
2.585 0.780
88888
50
149.8
62
153.6
September,
.890
.451 90.0
78.7
51
0.987
.606
0.990 0.545
26
150.4
October,.....
November,...... 30.287
.954
.479 88.5
65.3
28
0.838
.308 2.320 1.070
30
154.4
.606 82.8
50.6
11
0.679
.079 0.690 0.260
33
141.0
December,
,275
.875
79.7
50.0
7
0.527
.035
0.025 0.010
30
136.4
Year.......
30.352 29.088
91.5
46.1
1.039
,035
3.505 1.070
62
154.4