HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1952
wettest of any of the months since 1923. At the end of December the accumulated total rainfall amounted to 100.17 inches, or 15.41 inches above average.
Gales during the year never constituted a major danger to the Colony, although a few intense storms passed close to the south. The strong wind signal was hoisted seven times between June and September and other storm signals on two additional occasions. On three occasions the maximum gust velocity of the wind exceed 60 knots. Gales blew for five hours on June 11th, and the wind remained strong for more than a day and a half. A total of 35 hours of strong winds occurred on 11th, 19th and 26th of August, as a result of three disturbances which passed to the south of the Colony on westerly tracks. The last storm eventu- ally attained typhoon intensity. Tropical storms on September 5th, 13th and 17th, gave a total of about 36 hours of strong winds, but the mean wind velocity never reached gale force.
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