Lat. 22° 18′ N., Long. 114° 10′ 19′′ E.
fleight
| Site of rain-gauge
above Mean Sea-Level
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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 1927.
CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY.
:
STATION ROYAL OBSERVATORY, HONG KONG.
Temperatures for 24 hours ending Mida.
Heights above ground: Thermus.b,=5 ft; Sun Recorder, b=35 ft; Rain-gange, h,=1.5 ft.
Means of
Max.
1927.
and
Min.
C'on-
Max. Min.
bined.
Excess above
Normal.
Air Temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) from whirling thermometers.
Absolute Extremes.
Highest 3lax.
Lowest
Day.
Day.
Min.
Lowest Max.
Day.
Highest
Alin.
Day.
Highest Wet Bull,
Rainfall.
Weather, No. of Days of
Bright Sunshine.
Excess
Total. above
Normall
Daily Max.
Day.
d
D
m.m.
01.M.
m.m.
January
642
56.3
60'2
O'I
751
15
47'0 23
5+0
644 23
68.0 7
7'9
24.9
3'7
February
62.2
58-7
- 0'5
742
4
45'9
7
5277
613
15
68.2
1105 + 678
428
March
63.6
570
60*3
- 3.2
76.7
13
47'2
52.6
66.6
13
73°2
1152 + 456
39°4
April
716
67-8
-3'2
83.6
13
57.5
61'4
May
80'5
704
- 1'0
89-2
30
66'0
6-8
72°3 30 765
21
781 81*2 646'3 + 345°2
1810 + 467
512
1843
June
83.9
78.7
32-3
+0.8
91'2
26
| 736
76-8 10
82-8 23
835 296-7
101'2
77'3
July
86.5
78'5
82.5
0'0
90'5
75'4
23
80'+
26
82*3
831 4759 +12375 | 109′5
August
78'0 87-5
82.7
+0'5
93'1
73'9
20
83.6 16
Ro·8
855 5310+15673 | 14375
NWNNWE8
19
16
30
13
20
16
23
19
30
20
I
24
19
September...
83.6
76.1
79.8
- 1'2
89'+
70'3
8
77'9
8
82.7
82.9 156.6 92-3
28.8
October
79'6
70.9
75.2
- 1.6
88.3
60*3
15
68--
15
78.5
80'0
1377 +10°1
59'7
IZ
[ +++│++++ |
Precipitation.
Normal,
Snow,
| Excess above
Hail.
Thunderstorm.
Fog.
Ground Frost.
Daily Mean.
Total
Total.
Per
cent.
Possi- ble.
hr.
lir.
lir.
3
10
o+ww:
•
4+ 137'5
3376
3
7
1'5
+34
14
318 0
I
2*1
65.7
18
3716
4
33 105'9
=8
379'1
3-8117-8
29
408.5
3
1
6.
541919
+7
4040
6
3
5'2 1613
39
+12'9
1Ο
6.8
2110
53
398-6
+3
2
***
49 147′1
40
367'1
1
75 232-8
65
359°2
November
75'9
671
715
+1-8
82'+
58-
30
6810
30
דיי7
2
74'2
+64 +
2*2
38'7
20
77231'4
70
330'8
December
70'2
61.9
66.0 +29
79.9
49'1
9
630
69.2 30
6
70°0
34.9
20'8
7
3
I
57 176 1
53
332.6
Year.
Totale.
Means.
27400 +586-2
138 +16
...
39 46
18219
14420'0
75'9
68-0
719 -0°4
5'0
+1
Aug.
Extremea.
93'1
19
45'9
Feb.
7
52.6
Mur. | 3
82.9
June. 23
85'5
1843
May 23
The Royal Observatory is situated on a hillock, 100 feet high, near the southern extremity of the Kowloon Peninsular, about 1000 yards from the harbour to the South, 500 yards from the east side of the peninsular and 900 yards from the west side. The surrounding country is flat, except to the North, where a range of hills from 200 to 100 feet high stretches across the peninsular a mile from the Observatory. From 3 to 20 miles farther North the ground is hilly over the greater part of the peninsular with peaks from 2000 to 3000 feet high. Five miles to the eastward of the Observatory, where another small peninsular projects southward, is a range of hills from 700 to 1000 feet high. To the westward of the Observatory, the hills on Lantau Island, 10 miles distant, rise to 3000 feet.
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