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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH MAY, 1894.
Table I.
Ten yearly means of the components of the wind together with the mean Resultant Force for each month of the year.
Month.
N
E
00
S
W
+N-S
+ E-W
Resultant. √(+N-8)2+(+E-W)*
January,
3.48
11.59
0.49
0.63
+2.97
+10.95
11.44
February,
3.22
11.89
0.56
0.66
+2.67
+11.21
11.54
March,
2.36
14.96
0.56
0.45
+1.80
+14.49
14.64
April,
1.65
12.77
1.32
0.59
+0.34
+12.16
12.23
May,
1.48
9.78
2.84
1.38
1.36
+ 8.40
8.73
June,..
0.77
5.64
5.81
2.33
- 5.02
+ 3.33
6.41
July,
0.91
5.76
4.16
2.32
-3.27
+ 3.44
5.55
August,
0.82
4.64
3.22
2.47
-2.39
+ 2.18
4.09
September,
3.21
7.95
1.50
1.56
+1.71
+ 6.39
6.80
October,
4.18
10.94
1.13
0.55
+3.06
+10.41
10.95
November,
5.19
9.51
0.58
0.25
+ 4.62
+ 9.26
10.54
December,
4.50
9.10
0.57
0.38
+3.93
+ 8.73
9.72
Means,..
2.65
9.54
1.89
1.13
+0.76
+ 8.41
9.39
Table XI.
Four yearly means of Total Distance traversed by, as well as Total Duration and Average Velocity of Winds from eight different points of the Compass (1885-1888.)
N,
NE,.........
E,
SE,
S..........
SW,.........
W,
NW,
Calm,
WIND.
Total Distance
Duration
Velocity
Miles.
Hours.
Miles per Hour.
9687
856
11.3
11588
884
13.1
70609
4106
17.2
5776
524
11.0
7387
678
10.9
6761
518
13.1
4138
507
8.2
1821
272
6.7
253
421
0.6
Sums and Mean,
118020
8766
13.5
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