Table 34
(Chapter 14: The Environment) Meteorological Observations
Air temperature (°C)
Mean maximum
Mean
Mean minimum
Mean relative humidity (%)
Total rainfall (mm)
Total bright sunshine (hours)
Mean wind speed (km/h)
APPENDICES
Normals (1961–1990)(1)
Whole
January
July
Year
2002
18.6
31.5
25.7
26.0
15.8
28.8
23.0
23.9
13.6
26.6
20.9
22.1
71
80
77
79
23.4
323.5
2 214.3
2 490.0
152.4
24.0
231.1 20.0
1 948.1
1 869.8
22.6
21.3
Note: (1) The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) defines climatological standard normals as averages of climatological data computed for the following consecutive periods of 30 years: 1 January 1901 to 31 December 1930, 1 January 1931 to 31 December 1960, 1 January 1961 to 31 December 1990, i January 1991 to 31 December 2020 etc.
Source: Hong Kong Observatory.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2926 8444)
Table 35
(Chapter 14: The Environment)
Environmental Statistics
1997
2001
2002
Average daily solid waste (tonnes)(1)
Municipal solid waste
8 676*
9 300
9 422
Construction and demolition waste
6 481*
6 408*
10 202
Special waste
618*
1 109*
1 534
Recovered waste
4 222*
5 315*
5 367
Total
19 997*
22 132
26 525
Pollution complaints handled (number of cases)
Air
6 165
11 877
10 471
Noise
5 852
10 848
12 487
Liquid
1 127
1 628
1 524
Solid
753
1 219
1 083
Water
74
9
5
Miscellaneous
9
16
0
Total
13 980
25 597
25 570
Note: (1) All figures are rounded off to the nearest ten.
Source: Environmental Protection Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2835 1018)
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