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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1974.
SEPTEMBER WEATHER DRIER AND WARMER THAN USUAL
A TOTAL OF 131.2 HM OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH AMOUNTED TO ONLY ABOUT 47 PER CENT OF THE AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR THE FONTH.
THE MONTHLY WEATHER ROUNDUP ISSUED TODAY BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SHOWED THAT LAST MONTH'S WEATHER WAS, LIKE THE PREVIOUS FOUR MONTHS, AGAIN DRIER AND WARKER THAN USUAL.
UP TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER, THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL FOR THIS YEAR WAS 1,372.7 MM, WHICH IS ABOUT 69 PER CENT OF THE AVERAGE FIGURE FOR THE SAME PERIOD, AND THE LOWEST SINCE 1963.
FIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES WERE REPORTED IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC IN THE MONTH BUT ONLY TROPICAL STORM 'TRIX" AND SEVERE TROPICAL STORM VENDY NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS IN KONG KONG.
DURING THE MONTH, NO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND NO FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WERE ISSUED.
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON TWO OCCASIONS
ON SEPTEMBER 3 AND SEPTEMBER 16.
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 32.7 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 30 AND THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 24.2 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 1.
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