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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JUNE, 1890.
TABLE VI.
Total Distance traversed by, as well as Total Duration and Average Velocity of Winds from eight different Points of the Compass during the year 1889.
N,
NE,....
E,
SE,
S...
ᏚᎳ, .
W
NW,
Calm,
January,
WIND.
TOTAL DISTANCE.
DURATION.
VELOCITY.
Miles.
Hours.
Miles per hour,
12405
1045
11.9
10659
800
13.8
67445
3799
17.8
6734
595
11.3
9520
879
10.8
6112
504
12.1
3840
437
8.8
2304
282
8.2
261
419
0.6
Sums and Mean,..
119280
8760
13.62
TABLE VII.
Total Number of Days on which different Meteorologicut Phenomena were noted and Total Number of Thunderstorms during each month of the year 1889.
Month.
Fog.
Electric
Phenomena.
Lightning.
Thunder.
Thunder-
storms.
Unusual
Visibility.
:
Dew.
2
February,
10
N
March,
April,
May,
14
co
2
17
∞
7
7
co
3
15
14
10
5
1
7
June,
3
19
18
13
5
July,.....
2
12
11
August,
4
16
15
September,
11
11
1
1
11
10
1
4
November,
December,
:
Sums,
64
95 89
48
24
Rain-bows.
Lunar
Halo.
:
$
00
Lunar
Corona.
Solar Halo.
Sola
Corona.
5
7
1
5
2
1
2
3
1
2
10
:
26
20
45
21
33
50
37
9