JANUARY'S WEATHER
Saturday, February 16, 1974
The weather last month was dry with above normal sunshine.
The total rainfall for the month was only 3.9 mm which was
27.8 mm below normal.
The total sunshine during January amounted to 169.1 hours,
representing 23.7 hours above normal,
During the month, no tropical cyclone warning signals or
'strong monsoon signals were hoisted and no thunderstorm or heavy rain
warnings were issued. However, one aircraft was diverted due to
adverse weather conditions,
A maximum temperature of 23.8 degree Celsius was recorded on
January 19 and 21, and a minimum temperature of 10.8 degrees was recorded
on January 2.
Note to Editors:
A full report of last month's weather prepared by the Royal Observatory will be distributed separately in the press boxes this afternoon.
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