THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH FEBRUARY, 1897.
Table XII.
91
Mean Diurnal
Weight of Water
RAINFALL.
Baro-
Variabi-Vapour in
MONTH.
metric
Tide.
lity of
Troy
Hourly Intensity
MEAN DIRECTION OF CLOUDS WHENCE
COMING.
NUMBER OF Days
CLOUDS BELOW
WITH
of
Grains in
Temper-each cubic
Rain.
Mean.
1896.
ature. foot of Air.
Lower.
Upper.
Cirrus. 2,000 ft. 1,000 ft.
January,
0.097
20.26
4.65
0.98
1.730
0.028
E 1° N W 13° S
12
6
February,
0.099
2.06
4.31
1.32
7.945
0.033
E 11° N W 12° S
19
12
March,
0.103
2.63
4.98
3.24
1.445
0.010
E 6° SW 35° S
16
11
April,
0.084
1.76
7.17
5.27
2.100
0.039
E 32° SW 18° S
W
27
12
May,.
0.078
1.50
7.64
12.54
1.150
0.017
S 35° E W 26°N
14
June,
0.062 1.08
9.40
15.81
18.630
0.202
S 3° EW 31°N
:
D:..
12
7
July,.
0.07,4
1.12
9.76
15.98
12.420
0.157
S 15° EE 19° N
E
15
August,...... 0.078 0.82
9.39
14.85
5.195
0.168
E 44° SE 37° N
11
September, 0.078 0.86
9.05
12.65
9.995
0.143
E 15° S E 46° N
3
October,
0.091
1.87
7.51
5.36
7.905
0.111
E 8 NE 17° N
8
1
November,
0.091
1..23
6.37
1.17
2.975
0.044
E 3° SW 28° S
6
5
December,...... 0.104 2..95
4.25
1.00
1.290
0.026
E 11° SW 5° S
2
Mean,
0.087 1.64
7.04
90.17
72.780 0.081
E 26° S
Table XIII,
148
66
Monthly Extremes of the Principal Meteorological Elements registered daring the year 1896.
BAROMETER.
TEMPERATURE,
HUMI-
DITY.
VAPOUR TENSION.
RAIN.
WIND VELO-
CITY.
RADIA
TION.
MONTH.
Max. Min.
Max. Min.
Min.
Max. Min.
Daily Hourly Max. Max. Max.
Sun Max.
January,
30.280 29.722
77.7
51.6
20
0.633 0.103
0.850 0.500
43
135.8
February,
.284
.791
68.7
43.2
45
0.561
0.225
2.185 0.525
40
122.4
March,
.227
.660 77.0
45.9
62
0.705 0.237
0.630 0.175
48
129.6
April,
.049
.590 82.2
58.5
58
0.881
0.396
0.850 0.320
37
146.7
May,
29.963
.512 90.5
66.6
42
0.964
0,392 0,540 0.150
38
151,1
June,
.835
.481 91.1
73.7
62
1.088 0.745 3.000 1.835
36
149.8
July,
.808 28.762 94.0
75.3
50
1.118
0.687 2.670 0.990 108
147.6
August,
.822 29.407 91.1
76.0
59
0.987
0.693 1.530 0.800
66
151.5
September,
October,
November,
.894
30.057
.490
90.6
75.8
49
1.029
0.584 2.635 0.885
37
152.4
.368 91.4
65.0
38
0.950
0.323
5.215 0.840
66
152.4
.100
.689
79.6
61.7
45
0.840 0.338 1.100 0.490
44
145.5
December,...... .444
.866 76.5
40.7
16
0.689 0.057
0.755 0.210
45
138.8
Year,.
30.444 28.762 94.0
40.7
16
1.118
0.057
5.215 1.835 108
152.4