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Thursday, August 24, 1972
During July 21-25, Typhoon Rita was moving in a loop over the
East China Sea to the west of the Ryukyu Islands with an associated
trough extending to south China. The trough passed through Hong Kong
on July 24-25, causing heavy showers and thunderstorms and altogether five
thunderstorm warnings were issued by the Royal Observatory on these
two days.
For the remainder of the month, the weather was mainly cloudy with
some showers. There were also periods of rain on July 31.
No aircraft were diverted due to adverse weather conditions
during the month.
Sunshine
Rainfall
The month's figures and departures from normal were:
Cloudiness
206.0 hours; 7.7 hours below normal
191.0
; 180.7 mm below normal
64 per cent; 5 per cent below normal
Relative Humidity
81 per cent; 2 per cent below normal
Mean Maximum Temperature
32.1°c
; 1.4°C above normal
Mean Temperature
28.8°c
; 0.9°C above normal
Mean Minimum Temperature
26.6°C
; 0.8°C above normal
Mean Dew Point
25.1°c
; 0.4°C above normal
Total Evaporation
167.5 mm
14.7 mm below normal
Maximum Temperature of 34.7°C was recorded on July 23.
Minimum Temperature of 23.2°C was recorded on July 28.
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