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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1974
NOVEMBER WEATHER DRIER AND CLOUDIER THAN USUAL
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THE WEATHER LAST MONTH WAS DRIER, CLOUDIER AND LESS SUNNY THAN USUAL. THE TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED WAS ONLY 24.9 MM, WHICH AMOUNTED TO ONLY ABOUT 58 PER CENT OF THE AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR NOVEMBER.
THE MONTH'S MEAN WIND SPEED OF 4.1 KNOTS WAS THE SECOND LOWEST RECORDED IN NOVEMBER SINCE RECORDS DEGAN IN 1884.
THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE MONTH'S WEATHER, ACCORDING TO THE MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, WAS THE CONTINUING DRY CONDITIONS IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH. A TOTAL OF 15 RED OR YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WAS ISSUED DURING THE MONTH.
CYCL
ALTHOUGH FOUR TROPICAL CYCLONES WERE FORMED IN THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, ONLY ONE HAD POSED A THREAT TO HONG KONG.
THE STAND BY SIGNAL, NO.1, WAS HOISTED ON NOVEMBER 7 WHEN TYPHOON +GLORIA+ WAS CENTRED ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF HONG KONG. THE SIGNAL WAS LOWERED TWO DAYS LATER.
+GLORIA+ WAS ONE OF THE FEW TYPHOONS WHICH HAVE THREATENED HONG KONG IN NOVEMBER SINCE 1972.
DURING THE MONTII, NO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BECAUSE OF ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 29.2 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR THE MONTH WAS RECORDED ON HOVENDER 5 AND THE NIDIMUN TEMPERATURE OF 15.5 DEGREES CELSIUS ON NOVEMBER 27.
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
A FULL WEATHER REPORT PREPARED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY VILL DE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.