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SECTION VIII.
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METEOROLOGY.
485. Situated just within the northern limits of the tropics occupying an insular position immediately to the south of the great mass of China, Hong Kong's climate is very materially influenced by the direction of the prevailing winds.
486. The North East Monsoon blows from November to May and during this period the weather is dry, cool and invigorating. From May until October, the season of the South West Mon- soon, the air is highly charged with moisture and the climate is hot.
487. The mean annual temperature is 72° F. During the summer months the average maximum temperature is 87°F. and there is little difference throughout the twenty four hours. Situated on the north side of the Island the City of Victoria gets all the heat and moisture of the South West Monsoon but not the breeze itself which is cut off by the mountain behind the town. During the winter months the range of tempera ure is from 70°F. to 45°F. with an average of 66°F.
488 A table is attached giving the means or totals of the meteorological data for the several months of the year 1982.
The data for this table were kindly supplied by the Director of the Royal Observatory Hong Kong.
METEOROLOGICAL DATA.
The following Table I gives the means, totals or extremes of the Meteorological Data for the several months of the year 1932.
Temperature.
Humidity.
Wind.
Month.
Barometer
Cloudiness. Sunshine.
Rain.
at M.S.L. Absolute
Mean
Mean.
Max.
Max.
Mean
Min.
Absolute
Min.
Rel.
Abs.
Direction. Velocity
ins.
p.c.
ins.
p.c.
hours.
ins.
Points.
Miles p.h.
January
30.26
73.9
65.7
60.4
56.0
43.3
February
30.17
74,9
60.9
57.1
53.6
43.7
རྒྱཝ
0.34
39
219.9
0.000
11.7
0.36
87
79.7
2.535
13.8
97
March
30.10
81.5
67.9
62.6
58.8
46.8
75
0.43
69
131.7
2.200
12.6
A pril
29.96
85.7
75.2
71.1
67.6
62.2
86
0.65
85
93.6
3.700
12.1
I
May
29.85
89.3
85.8
81.1
78.0
75.1
84
0.88
89
225.5
2.510
10.7
June
29.73
89.9
86.0
81.9
79.1
76.3
85
0.93
89
121.9
25.290
8.3
July
29.73
89.7
85.8
81.7
78.2
75.1
84
0.90
79
189.9
25.710
12.5
August
29.75
90.9
86.5
82.0
79.0
74.0
83
0.90
73
195.5
20.885
8.0
September
29.83
88.0
83.9
79.8
77.1
74.8
0.83
82
133.4
4.340
15.2
October
30.00
85.9
80.7
76.1
72.8
66.2
0.64
November
30.08
81.1
75.4
70.3
66.4
54.4
0.52
December
30.18
78.5
67.7
62.7
58.5
47.0
0.40
993
158.7
0.085
11.6
176.1
0.100
11.1
166.3
4.115
12.4
Mean total
29.97
90.9
76.8
72.2
68.8
43.3
77
0.65
71
1887.2
91.470
E
11.7
or extreme
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