Botanical Gardens (Taipo).
Observatory Police Station! (Kowloon).
Hospital |(Hongkong).
Matilda Hospital (Hongkong).
Months. inches. inches. inches. inches.
January, 0.130 0'53 0'21 0'20
February, 0°390 0*28 0.64 0.86
March, 0.660 0'40 0.84 0.60
April, 8-370 10'45 7'94 6+ 6'41
May, 3'795 4'49 4'36 3.86
June, 15720 17.84 18.51 7114
July, 18525 28.57 20°43 1158
August, 34°310 42.08 3518 25'02
September,... 6.285 3.02 6'9: 9:18
October, 17.835 9'00 12.84 18.05
November,... 0'405 0'28 0'55 0'56
December, 0.315 0-08 063 054
Year,... 106-740 117.02 109'04 94'00
Floods.—The heaviest rainfall occurred at the Observatory as follows:-
Period. Amount. Duration. Greatest fall in 1 hour. Time. Amount. d. h. cl. I. d. h. inches. d. h. inches. April...12 B to May ...30 1 to April 13 21 5-26 30 2.17 April 12 June 4 19 4:50 54 0-61 June 1 ᎥᏋ June ..[2 11 to July...20 18 July ...26 June 15 9 7:45 37 1-19 June 14 10 Aug. 4 20 to Aug, July 23 10 6-29 32 0:60 to 5 to July 23 5 July 31 20 9.61 59 0.81 July 27 13 نا 10 6.86 32 0.83 Aug. 6 0 + 10:55 35 1-23 Aug. 18 14 14 15.87 76 1.58 Aug. 29 9 9 16.09 22 2.82 Oct. 31 Aug. 10 10 to Aug. 19 Aug. ...27 12 to Aug. 31 Oct....30 9 to Oct. 31rains.
Serious floods and landslides were caused by these heavy
Typhoons. The tracks of 20 typhoons and 4 of the principal depressions which occurred in the Far East in 1923 are given in two plates in the Monthly Meteorological Bulletin for December, 1923.
IV.—PUBLICATIONS.
Daily Weather Report and Map.-A weather map of the Far East for 6 a.m. of the 120th meridian, and the Daily Weather Report (containing meteorological observations, usually at 6". and 14", from about 40 stations in China, Indo-China, Japan, the Philippines
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